entozoon
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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
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
An "entozoon" seems to the practical man a foolish, imaginary creature.
From Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers by Brisbane, Arthur
Perhaps the prevailing doctrine is in nothing placed in greater difficulties than it is with regard to the entozoa, or creatures which live within the bodies of others.
From Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Chambers, Robert
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
Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by means of which they adhere.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
But millions of sheep have been saved by the discovery that one of these fancy scientific entozoa, pressing on the brain, caused the sheep's death.
From Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers by Brisbane, Arthur
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
