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Entozoon

One of the Entozoa.

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Parasite 76% connected

One who frequents the tables of the rich, or who lives at another's expense, and earns his welcome by flattery; a hanger-on; a toady; a sycophant.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Endoparasite 92% connected

Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; -- opposed to ectoparasite. See Entozoon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Amphidiploid noun · 78% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent

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Bird family noun · 78% connection

a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

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Bird genus noun · 78% connection

a genus of birds

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Blastocele noun · 78% connection

the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula

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Blastocoel noun · 78% connection

the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula

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Chlorophyta noun · 78% connection

large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls…

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Chordate genus noun · 78% connection

any genus in the phylum Chordata

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Chrysophyta noun · 78% connection

mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment; yellow-green and golden-brown algae and d…

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Cleavage cavity noun · 78% connection

the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula

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Amphistomous adjective · 78% connection

Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by means of which they adhere.

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Cystic adjective · 78% connection

Having the form of, or living in, a cyst; as, the cystic entozoa.

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Endozoa n. pl. · 78% connection

See Entozoa.

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Entozoic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or consisting of, the Entozoa.

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Entozoologist noun · 78% connection

One versed in the science of the Entozoa.

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Entozoa n. pl. · 72% connection

A group of worms, including the tapeworms, flukes, roundworms, etc., most of which live parasitically in the interior of other animals…

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