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Meaning of ECTOPARASITE

Pronunciation:  `ektow'paru`sIt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any external parasitic organism (as fleas)
 
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 Synonyms: ectozoa, ectozoon, epizoa, epizoon
 
 See Also: flea, parasite

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ec`to*par"a*site\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals; --
opposed to {endoparasite}. -- {Ec`to*par`a*sit"ic}, a.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: A parasite that lives on the outside of its host rather than within the host's body. Fleas and lice are examples.
 

 

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