Endoparasite

2 definitions found

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

  Endoparasite \En`do*par"a*site\, n. [Endo- + parasite.]
     (Zo["o]l.)
     Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal,
     as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; -- opposed to
     {ectoparasite}. See {Entozo["o]n}. -- {En`do*par`a*sit"ic},
     a.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  endoparasite
       n : any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of
           animals (especially intestinal worms) [syn: {entoparasite},
            {entozoan}, {entozoon}, {endozoan}]