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From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from epizoon + -ic = epi- + zoic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: In a nonparasitic way, using an animal's skin as a microhabitat. Full definition →
From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from epizoon + -ic = epi- + zoic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.