Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- External parasites or ectoparasites which live upon the surface or in the skin of the host: the opposite of
Entozoa . - Specifically, an order of very singular low aberrant Crustacea degraded by parasitism, including the many grotesque forms commonly known as fish-lice.
- [lowercase] Plural of
epizoön .
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- noun Plural form of
epizoon .
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Examples
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The epizoa generally lodge themselves in various parts of the plumage of birds; and almost every group of birds becomes the host of some specific or varietal form with distinct adaptations.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 Various
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Almost every animal is a living poor-house, and harbors one or more species of _epizoa_ or _entozoa_, supplying them gratis, not only with a permanent home, but with all the necessaries and luxuries of life.
Natural Law in the Spiritual World Henry Drummond 1874
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"fittest" -- which many take to mean "best" or "highest" -- whereas natural selection may work towards degradation: vide epizoa.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Leonard Huxley 1896
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