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parasitioid

parasitioid is the misspelling of parasitoid.

Meaning of parasitoid

Noun

parasitoid (plural parasitoids)

  1. Any organism that is parasitic during part of its life cycle, especially one that eventually kills its host.
    • All of these solitary parasitoid wasps that use their sting-ovipositors for stinging prey and depositing eggs are subjected to little predatory pressure from large predators.2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 23

Questions about parasitioid

What is parasitioid the misspelling of?
Parasitioid is the misspelling of parasitoid.

Words near parasitioid in the dictionary

  1. parasitid
  2. parasitids
  3. parasitiform
  4. parasitiforms
  5. parasiting
  6. parasitioid
  7. parasitiological
  8. parasitisation
  9. parasitisations
  10. parasitise
  11. parasitised

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