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epizoic

epi·zoic

uncommon

adjective

1.

living or growing on the exterior surface of an animal usually as a parasite

  • “an epizoic plant parasite”
Antonyms

Origin

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

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