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epizooic

epizooic is the alternative form of epizoic.

Meaning of epizoic

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.

Origin of epizooic

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

Questions about epizooic

What is epizooic the alternative form of?
Epizooic is the alternative form of epizoic.

Words near epizooic in the dictionary

  1. epizoochorically
  2. epizoochorous
  3. epizoochory
  4. epizoodic
  5. epizoodics
  6. epizooic
  7. epizoological
  8. epizoology
  9. epizoon
  10. epizoonosis
  11. epizoonotic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: epizooic (page history and authors); epizoic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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