English Explanatory Dictionary

sacculinization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A process in which parasites evolve to lose sense organs and become simpler organisms.

Word forms

sacculinization

Etymology

From Sacculina (“barnacle”) and -ization.

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