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ectoparasitise

ectoparasitise is the alternative form of ectoparasitize.

Meaning of ectoparasitize

Verb

ectoparasitize (third-person singular simple present ectoparasitizes, present participle ectoparasitizing, simple past and past participle ectoparasitized)

  1. To parasitise with ectoparasites

Forms of ectoparasitise

third-person singular presentectoparasitises
present participleectoparasitising
past participleectoparasitised
pastectoparasitised

Origin of ectoparasitise

From ecto- + parasitise.

Questions about ectoparasitise

What is ectoparasitise the alternative form of?
Ectoparasitise is the alternative form of ectoparasitize.

Words near ectoparasitise in the dictionary

  1. ectoparasitic
  2. ectoparasitically
  3. ectoparasiticidal
  4. ectoparasiticide
  5. ectoparasiticides
  6. ectoparasitise
  7. ectoparasitised
  8. ectoparasitism
  9. ectoparasitisms
  10. ectoparasitize
  11. ectoparasitized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ectoparasitise (page history and authors); ectoparasitize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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