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EPIZOIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does epizoic mean?
• EPIZOIC (adjective)
The adjective EPIZOIC has 1 sense:
1. living or growing on the exterior surface of an animal usually as a parasite
Familiarity information: EPIZOIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Living or growing on the exterior surface of an animal usually as a parasite
Context example:
an epizoic plant parasite
Antonym:
entozoic (living within a living animal usually as a parasite)
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