ECTOPARASITE
Dictionary entry overview: What does ectoparasite mean? • 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.
Dictionary entry details
• ECTOPARASITE (noun)
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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