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Definition of Entozoan
1. Noun. Any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms).
Generic synonyms: Parasite
Derivative terms: Endoparasitic, Endozoan
2. Adjective. Of or relating to entozoa.
3. Adjective. Living within a living animal usually as a parasite. "Entozoic worms"
Definition of Entozoan
1. an entozoic parasite [n -ZOANS or -ZOA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Entozoan
Literary usage of Entozoan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1899)
"an entozoan. Some of these were sent to St. Louis for identification, ...
For several reasons this entozoan found in the enteric canal of this boy seemed to ..."
2. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History by Taylor and Francis, William Jardine (1853)
"Though not represented in this series of figures, the system of the nutritional
fluids in these Entozoan and ..."
3. Guide to the Study of Insects, and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1870)
"Another entozoan is Mer- mis albicans of Siebold, which is a very slender whitish
worm much like Gordius, and about five inches long. ..."
4. Guide to the Study of Insects and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1878)
"Another entozoan is JV/fv- ""* albicans of Siebold, which is a very slender
whitish worm t>ff£b like Gordius, and about five inches long. ..."
5. Transactions of the Annual Meeting by Ohio State Medical Society (1894)
"It is widely known that the dog harbors several dangerous entozoan parasites,
the first host of which is the sheep ; that there are others, the first host ..."
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