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Meaning of ENTOZOA

Pronunciation:  `entu'zowu

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms)
 

ENTOZOA is a 7 letter word that starts with E.

 

 Synonyms: endoparasite, endozoa, endozoan, entoparasite, entozoan, entozoon
 
 See Also: parasite

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\En`to*zo"a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? within + ? an
animal.] (Zo["o]l.)
1. A group of worms, including the tapeworms, flukes,
   roundworms, etc., most of which live parasitically in the
   interior of other animals; the Helminthes.

2. An artificial group, including all kinds of animals living
   parasitically in others.

 

 

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