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exoparasite

exoparasite is the alternative form of ectoparasite.

Meaning of ectoparasite

Noun

ectoparasite (plural ectoparasites)

  1. A parasite that lives on the surface of a host organism; such as the Demodex mite, which lives in human hair and eyelashes.
    • Ordinarily, allergy to animals is due to either their fine dander which becomes aerosolized or to the exoskeleta, pupae, or feces of their ectoparasites.1982, R. V. Lynch, Jr.; R. Burrell, “Primate Dander Allergy of Lesser Bushbaby (Galago): A Case Report”, in D[uane] E. Haines, editor, The Lesser Bushbaby (Galago) as an Animal Model: Selected...
    Antonyms:
    endoparasite

Forms of exoparasite

pluralexoparasites

Origin of exoparasite

From exo- + parasite.

Questions about exoparasite

What is exoparasite the alternative form of?
Exoparasite is the alternative form of ectoparasite.

Words near exoparasite in the dictionary

  1. exonyms
  2. exonymy
  3. exooccipital
  4. exoosmosis
  5. exoosmotic
  6. exoparasite
  7. exoparasites
  8. exoparasitoid
  9. exoparasitoids
  10. exopassive
  11. exopassives

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Adapted from Wiktionary: exoparasite (page history and authors); ectoparasite (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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