ECTOZOON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ectozoon mean? 

• ECTOZOON (noun)
  The noun ECTOZOON has 1 sense:

1. any external parasitic organism (as fleas)

  Familiarity information: ECTOZOON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ECTOZOON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any external parasitic organism (as fleas)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

ectoparasite; ectozoan; ectozoon; epizoan; epizoon

Hypernyms ("ectozoon" is a kind of...):

parasite (an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ectozoon"):

flea (any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap)

Derivation:

ectozoan (of or relating to epizoa)