Definitive Host

Definition: Definitive Host

1. The host in which the sexual reproduction of a parasite takes place.

Non-Fiction Usage: Definitive Host

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The dog is the principal definitive host for Dipylidium caninum. (references)
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Modern Translation: Definitive Host

Language		Translations for "definitive host"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		vaertsorganisme (final host, host), vaertsdyr (final host). (various references)

Dutch		gastheer (host). (various references)

Finnish		loisen pääisäntä (final host). (various references)

French		hôte définitif. (various references)

German		Endwirt (final host). (various references)

Italian		ospite definitivo (final host). (various references)

Pig Latin		efinitiveday osthay.(various references)

Portuguese		hospedeiro definitivo (final host). (various references)

Spanish		huésped definitivo (final host). (various references)

Swedish		slutvärd (final host). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Definitive Host

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-f-h-i-i-i-n-o-s-t-t-v"
	-3 letters: definitives.
	-4 letters: definitive, identifies, identities, idoneities.
	-5 letters: disinvite, histidine, testified.
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