entozoa

En`to*zo"a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.) 1. A group of worms, including the tapeworms, flukes, roundworms, etc., most of which live parasitically in the interior of other animals; the Helminthes. 2. An artificial group, including all kinds of animals living parasitically in others.

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