2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Epizoon \Ep`i*zo"["o]n\, n.; pl. {Epizoa}. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + zw^,on animal.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an ectozo["o]n. Among them are the lice, ticks, many acari, the lerneans, or fish lice, and other crustaceans. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: epizoon n : any external parasitic organism (as fleas) [syn: {ectoparasite}, {ectozoan}, {ectozoon}, {epizoan}]
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