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Adjective: epizoan
  1. Of or relating to epizoa
    "epizoan organisms, such as certain lice, live on the external surfaces of their hosts";
    - ectozoan
Noun: epizoan
  1. Any external parasitic organism (as fleas)
    "Ticks are epizoans that can transmit diseases to their hosts";
    - ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoon

Derived forms: epizoans

Type of: parasite