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hyperparasites

hyperparasites is the plural of hyperparasite.

Meaning of hyperparasite

Noun

hyperparasite (plural hyperparasites)

  1. Any parasite whose host is a parasite.
    • Nose′ma [...] A genus of protozoa, including the supposed hyperparasite of the malarial organism; [...]1914, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, “Nose′ma”, in A Practical Medical Dictionary [...], 3rd revised edition, New York, N.Y.: William Wood and Company, →OCLC, page 628
  2. (specifically) An insect that parasitizes another parasitic insect.
    • Parasites and Hyperparasites.— [...] How the Pteromalus contrived to introduce its eggs into the Tetrastichus, and how the Tetrastichus managed to oust the Microgaster must for the present remain open questions for the consideration of the learned.1863, Edward Newman, “Parasites and Hyperparasites”, in Edward Newman, editor, The Zoologist: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History, volume XXI, London: John Van Voorst, […], →OCLC, page 8609

Questions about hyperparasites

What is hyperparasites the plural of?
Hyperparasites is the plural of hyperparasite.

Words near hyperparasites in the dictionary

  1. hyperparasitaemic
  2. hyperparasite
  3. hyperparasitemia
  4. hyperparasitemias
  5. hyperparasitemic
  6. hyperparasites
  7. hyperparasitic
  8. hyperparasitical
  9. hyperparasitically
  10. hyperparasitise
  11. hyperparasitised

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