ectoparasite

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English

Etymology

ecto- +‎ parasite

Pronunciation

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Hyphenation: ec‧to‧par‧a‧site

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.
Antonym: endoparasite

Coordinate term: zooparasite

Translations

parasite living on the surface of host organism

Czech: ektoparazit m
Dutch: ectoparasiet
Finnish: ulkoloinen (fi), pintaloinen, ektoparasiitti (fi)
German: Ektoparasit m
Irish: eicteaparaisít f
Italian: dermatozoo m
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Latvian: ektoparazīts (lv) m
Lithuanian: ektoparazitas m
Portuguese: ectoparasita
Spanish: ectoparásito (es)

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