English Explanatory Dictionary

epizoic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Growing on the surface of an animal host, as:
  2. In a nonparasitic way, using an animal's skin as a microhabitat.
  3. In a parasitic way, as an external parasite.

Word forms

epizoic epizooic

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from epizoon + -ic = epi- + zoic.

Related words

epizoism

Translations

Italian: epizoico
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