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ECTOPARASITE

• ECTOPARASITE (noun)
The noun ECTOPARASITE has 1 sense:

1. any external parasitic organism (as fleas)

Familiarity information: ECTOPARASITE used as a noun is very rare.

• ECTOPARASITE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any external parasitic organism (as fleas)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

ectoparasite; ectozoan; ectozoon; epizoan; epizoon

Hypernyms ("ectoparasite" is a kind of...):

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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ectoparasite"):

flea (any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap)

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