epizoon noun.
[ɛpɪ'zǝʊɒn] Pl. -zoa
[-'zǝʊǝ].
M19.[from EPI- + Greek zōion animal.]An animal that lives on the surface of another, esp. as a parasite.
■ epizoic adjective living on the surface of an animal; of or pertaining to epizoa:
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