ECTOZOON


Meaning of ECTOZOON in English

/ek'teuh zoh"on, -euhn/ , n. , pl. ectozoa /-zoh"euh/ . Biol.

any animal parasite, as the louse, that lives on the surface of its host (opposed to entozoon ).

Also, ectozoan .

[ 1855-60; ECTO- + -ZOON ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .