释义 |
‖ epizoon Zool.|ɛpɪˈzəʊən| Pl. epizoa. [mod.L., f. Gr. ἐπί + ζῷον animal.] A parasitic animal that lives on the exterior of the body of another animal. Opposed to entozoon.
1836–9Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 116/2 The Epizoa, or the external Lernæan parasites of Fishes. 1866A. Flint Princ. Med. (1880) 95 The parasites..inhabiting the exterior of the body are called epizoa. 1876Beneden Anim. Parasites 35 The Balatro calvus of Claparède, lives as an epizoon. |