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Webster 1913 Edition

Ectoparasite

Ecˊto-par′a-site

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Noun.

(Zoöl.)

Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals; – opposed to

endoparasite

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Ecˊto-parˊa-sit′ic

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Adj.

Definition 2024

ectoparasite

ectoparasite

English

Noun

ectoparasite ‎(plural ectoparasites)

A parasite that lives on the surface of a host organism; such as the demodex mite which lives in human hair and eyelashes.

Translations

parasite living on the surface of host organism

Dutch: ectoparasiet
Finnish: ulkoloinen (fi), pintaloinen, ektoparasiitti (fi)
Irish: eicteaparaisít f
Italian: dermatozoo m

Latvian: ektoparazīts (lv) m
Lithuanian: ektoparazitas m
Portuguese: ectoparasita
Spanish: ectoparásito (es)

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