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ectoparasitize

ectoparasitize verb: to parasitise with ectoparasites.

Verb

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

  1. To parasitise with ectoparasites

Forms of ectoparasitize

third-person singular presentectoparasitizes
present participleectoparasitizing
past participleectoparasitized
pastectoparasitized

Origin of ectoparasitize

From ecto- + parasitize.

Questions about ectoparasitize

What does ectoparasitize mean?
Ectoparasitize means to parasitise with ectoparasites.
What part of speech is ectoparasitize?
Ectoparasitize is a verb.
What is the past tense of ectoparasitize?
The past tense of ectoparasitize is ectoparasitized.

Words near ectoparasitize in the dictionary

  1. ectoparasiticides
  2. ectoparasitise
  3. ectoparasitised
  4. ectoparasitism
  5. ectoparasitisms
  6. ectoparasitize
  7. ectoparasitized
  8. ectoparasitoid
  9. ectoparasitoids
  10. ectoparasitoses
  11. ectoparasitosis

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