Definition of ectoparasite Ectoparasite

ec•to•par•a•site

We found 6 definitions of ectoparasite from 6 different sources.

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What does ectoparasite mean?

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Noun

Plural: ectoparasites

ectoparasite - any external parasitic organism (as fleas)
  ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon
  parasite an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

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

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • ectoparasite (n.)
    Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals; -- opposed to endoparasite.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • ectoparasite
    A parasite that lives on the surface of its host.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • ectoparasite
    ek-tō-par′a-sīt, n. an external parasite

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