Ectoparasite

Definition: Ectoparasite

Ectoparasite

Noun

1. Any external parasitic organism (as fleas).

Domain	Definitions
Food & Agriculture	An external parasite, feeding from the outside of the host, e. g. a flea. Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonyms: Ectoparasite

Synonyms: ectozoa (n), ectozoon (n), epizoa (n), epizoon (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Ectoparasite

Non-English Usage: "Ectoparasite" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (ectoparasite).

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Pediculus humanus capitis, the head louse, is an insect of the order Anoplura and is an ectoparasite whose only host are humans. (references)
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Language		Translations for "ectoparasite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏طفيلي خارجي. (various references)

Danish		ektoparasit. (various references)

Dutch		externe parasiet (external parasite), ektoparasiet (external parasite), ectoparasiet (epizoa, epizoon, external parasite). (various references)

Finnish		epiparasiitti, ektoparasiitti, ulkoloinen, pintaloinen. (various references)

French		ectoparasite. (various references)

German		Ektoparasit (external parasite), Außenparasit (external parasite). (various references)

Greek		εκτοπαράσιτον, εκτοπαράσιτο (external parasite). (various references)

Italian		ectoparassita, parassiti esterni (external parasite). (various references)

Pig Latin		ectoparasiteay.(various references)

Portuguese		ectozoário, ectoparasita (external parasite), parasita externo (external parasite). (various references)

Spanish		ectoparásito (external parasite), parásito externo (external parasite). (various references)

Swedish		ektoparasit. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "ectoparasite": ectoparasites. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "ectoparasite" (pronounced 'Ec`to*par"a*site'): Acquisite, Andalusite, Anglesite, Anorthosite, Apposite, Bedsite, Cyanosite, Dissite, Dyscrasite, Endoparasite, Favosite, Felsite, Gaylussite, Hydromagnesite, inapposite, Inosite, Jarosite, magnesite, Marcasite, Microparasite, Monophysite, Mussite, Nitromagnesite, Overexquisite, Parasite, Perquisite, Plumosite, Polybasite, Pyrolusite, rhodochrosite, site, Supparasite, Visite, Wasite. (additional references)

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	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-i-o-p-r-s-t-t"
	-2 letters: crepitates.
	-3 letters: acierates, aerospace, catteries, crepitate, esoterica, operatics, operettas, pastorate, periostea, poetaster, potteries, prostatic, spectator.
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	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-e-i-o-p-r-s-t-t"
	+1 letter: ectoparasites.
	+4 letters: compartmentalise, pancreatectomies.
	+5 letters: australopithecine, compartmentalised, compartmentalises, compartmentalizes.
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