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Entozoa (root: entozoan)
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Entozoa, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. within + zw,on an animal.].
- A group of worms, including the tapeworms, flukes, roundworms, etc., most of which live parasitically in the interior of other animals; the Helminthes. [1913 Webster]
- An artificial group, including all kinds of animals living parasitically in others.
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