epizoon

epizoon is a 7-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an ectozoon. Among them are the lice, ticks, many acari, the lerneans, or fish lice, and other crustaceans. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 20 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an ectozoon. Among them are the lice, ticks, many acari, the lerneans, or fish lice, and other crustaceans.
2. noun. any external parasitic organism (as fleas)

   Synonyms: ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan

Synonyms

ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan

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