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ENTOZOAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: entozoa   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms)

Synonyms:

endoparasite; endozoan; entoparasite; entozoan; entozoon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("entozoan" 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)

Derivation:

entozoan (living within a living animal usually as a parasite)

entozoan (of or relating to entozoa)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Living within a living animal usually as a parasite

Example:

entozoic worms

Synonyms:

endozoic; entozoan; entozoic

Classified under:

Adjectives

Derivation:

entozoan; entozoon (any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to entozoa

Synonyms:

endozoan; entozoan

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

entozoon (any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms))

Derivation:

entozoan; entozoon (any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms))

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