ectoparasite

English

Etymology

From ecto- (from Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektós, “outside”)) +‎ 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 (de) m
• Irish: eicteaparaisít f
• Italian: dermatozoo m
• Latvian: ektoparazīts (lv) m
• Lithuanian: ektoparazitas m
• Portuguese: ectoparasita
• Spanish: ectoparásito (es)

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.