epizoon (English, noun)
expansion: epizoon (plural epizoa or epizoons)
Senses:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A microorganism (such as a yeast-type fungus or a protozoon) that grows on the surface of an animal host, as:
In a nonparasitic way, using an animal's skin as a microhabitat.
tags: usually
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A microorganism (such as a yeast-type fungus or a protozoon) that grows on the surface of an animal host, as:
In a parasitic way, as an external parasite.
tags: uncommon
Forms:
form: epizoa
tags: plural
form: epizoons
tags: plural