entozoan

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms)
adjective of or relating to entozoa
adjective living within a living animal usually as a parasite

Entozoa + -an.

(*19) “The Entozoa, or intestinal worms, have repeatedly been observed in the muscles, and in the cerebral substance of men.”—See Wyatt’s Physiology, p. 143. — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes, Edgar Allan Poe

endoparasite, entoparasite, entozoon, endozoan

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