Entozoa
1. (Science: zoology) 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.
Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Within – an animal.
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