Ectoparasite

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  ectoparasite
       n : any external parasitic organism (as fleas) [syn: {ectozoan},
            {ectozoon}, {epizoan}, {epizoon}]