entozoon

An "entozoon" seems to the practical man a foolish, imaginary creature.

From Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers by Brisbane, Arthur

It is a semi-transparent entozoon; each segment is long compared to its breadth, and narrowed at both ends.

From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert

When you know the entozoon you can dig him out and save the sheep's life.

From Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers by Brisbane, Arthur

The entozoon of course gives rise to a variety of stale and melancholy jokes about the early bird, the worm that dieth not, and so forth.

From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Almost every animal is a living poor-house, and harbors one or more species of epizoa or entozoa, supplying them gratis, not only with a permanent home, but with all the necessaries and luxuries of life.

From Natural Law in the Spiritual World by Drummond, Henry

If, then, this view of the production of entozoa be received, it must be held as in no small degree favourable to the general doctrine of an organic creation by law.

From Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Chambers, Robert

It spends its whole existence there, and is distinguished from other entozoa by having the mouth between two pores on each side, through which a spicular process comes out.

From A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. by Blacklock, Ambrose

Then it was alleged that the entozoa, the worms found in the bodies of animals, were self-produced, without eggs, until the microscope discovered that one could lay 60,000 eggs.

From Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity by Patterson, Robert

The parasitic diseases arising from the introduction into the body, through food, of the larvae of the entozoa, would cease.

From Hygeia, a City of Health by Richardson, Benjamin Ward