Epizoic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Epizoic \Ep`i*zo"ic\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
     Living upon the exterior of another animal; ectozoic; -- said
     of external parasites.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  epizoic
       adj : living or growing on the exterior surface of an animal
             usually as a parasite; "an epizoic plant parasite"
             [ant: {entozoic}]