ectoparasite

ectoparasite

English

Etymology

ecto- +‎ parasite

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛktə(ʊ)ˈpæɹəˌsaɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛktəˈpɛɹəˌsaɪt/
• Hyphenation: ec‧to‧par‧a‧site

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.

   Antonym: endoparasite

   Coordinate term: zooparasite

Translations

parasite living on the surface of host organism

Chinese: Mandarin: 外寄生虫 Czech: ektoparazit m Dutch: ectoparasiet Finnish: ulkoloinen (fi), pintaloinen, ektoparasiitti (fi) German: Ektoparasit m Irish: eicteaparaisít f Italian: dermatozoo m Latvian: ektoparazīts (lv) m Lithuanian: ektoparazitas m Portuguese: ectoparasita Spanish: ectoparásito (es)

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French

Noun

ectoparasite m (plural ectoparasites)

1. ectoparasite

Further reading

• “ectoparasite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.