endoparasite

English

Etymology

From endo- +‎ parasite.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛndə(ʊ)ˈpæɹəˌsaɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛndə(ʊ)ˈpɛɹəˌsaɪt/

  • Audio (General American):

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• Hyphenation: en‧do‧par‧a‧site

Noun

endoparasite (plural endoparasites)

1. A parasite that lives inside the body of an organism, such as a tapeworm.

   Antonym: ectoparasite

   Coordinate term: zooparasite

Derived terms

• endectocide

Related terms

• endoparasitic

Translations

indwelling parasite

• Catalan: endoparàsit m
• Finnish: sisäloinen (fi)
• French: endoparasite (fr) m
• German: Endoparasit (de) m, Entoparasit m, Innenparasit m
• Greek: ενδοπαράσιτο (el) n (endoparásito)
• Irish: ionpharaisít f
• Spanish: endoparásito (es) m
• Swedish: endoparasit c
• Tamil: அக ஒட்டுண்ணி (ta) (aka oṭṭuṇṇi)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.dɔ.pa.ʁa.zit/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

endoparasite m (plural endoparasites)

1. endoparasite

Further reading

• “endoparasite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012