Ectoparasite definition

Ectoparasite means any organism that occurs externally on, or whose life cycle involves development within, an organism of another species (host) and derives its nutriment from it.
Ectoparasite means any organism that occurs externally on, or whose life cycle

Examples of Ectoparasite in a sentence

  • Ectoparasite loads in free-ranging northern fence lizards, Sceloporus undulates hyacinthinus: effects of testosterone and sex.Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 49:289-295.