Crossword-Solution: ECTOPARASITE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Ectoparasite | n. | Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals; -- opposed to endoparasite. |
We have 2 clues for the answer “ECTOPARASITE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Parasite living on the outside of its host | 1 answer |
| a parasite that lives on the surface of animals | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RTAEE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Etym: [Endo- + parasite.] (Zoöl.) Defn: Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; -- opposed to ectoparasite.
The origin of the infection of mice is to be sought in a flagellate of an ectoparasite of the mouse, very probably _Herpetomonas pattoni_ parasitic in various fleas, which protozoön can adapt itself to life in the blood of mice.