Ectoparasite

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A parasite, such as a flea, that lives on the exterior of another organism.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A parasite that lives on the surface of a host organism; such as the demodex mite which lives in human hair and eyelashes.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals; -- opposed to endoparasite.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An external parasite; a parasite living upon the exterior of the host, as distinguished from an endoparasite.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any external parasitic organism (as fleas)
    • Antonym
    endoparasite   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    parasite   
    Hyponym
    flea   
     
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