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entozoon

[en-tuh-zoh-on] / ˌɛn təˈzoʊ ɒn /
NOUN
grub
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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

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

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 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

Even more remarkable is the case of certain entozoa.

From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Spencer, Herbert

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

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

The existence of entozoa, or parasitic animals, found in the interior of the bodies of other animals, and found nowhere else, is thought to support the same doctrine.

From A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' by Bowen, Francis




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