ectoparasite

English

Noun

ectoparasite (plural ectoparasites)

1. 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 (nl)
• Finnish: ulkoloinen (fi), pintaloinen (fi), ektoparasiitti (fi)
• Italian: dermatozoo (it) m
• Latvian: ektoparazīts (lv) m

• Lithuanian: ektoparazitas (lt) m
• Portuguese: ectoparasita (pt)
• Spanish: ectoparásito (es)

See also

• endoparasite
• zooparasite