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epizoic

epizoic adjective: in a nonparasitic way, using an animal's skin as a microhabitat.

Adjective

epizoic (not comparable)

  1. (usually) In a nonparasitic way, using an animal's skin as a microhabitat.
  2. (uncommon) In a parasitic way, as an external parasite.

Forms of epizoic

alternative formepizooic

Origin of epizoic

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from epizoon + -ic = epi- + zoic.

Words formed from epizoic

Questions about epizoic

What does epizoic mean?
Epizoic means in a nonparasitic way, using an animal's skin as a microhabitat.
What part of speech is epizoic?
Epizoic is an adjective.

Words near epizoic in the dictionary

  1. epizoa
  2. epizoan
  3. epizoans
  4. epizoanthid
  5. epizoanthids
  6. epizoic
  7. epizoically
  8. epizoism
  9. epizoite
  10. epizoites
  11. epizoochore

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