Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ectoparasite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ectoparasite \Ec`to*par"a*site\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals; --
opposed to {endoparasite}. -- {Ec`to*par`a*sit"ic}, a.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ectoparasite
n : any external parasitic organism (as fleas) [syn: {ectozoon},
{ectozoa}, {epizoon}, {epizoa}]
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