Associations to the word «Ectoparasite»

Wiktionary

ECTOPARASITE, noun. A parasite that lives on the surface of a host organism; such as the demodex mite which lives in human hair and eyelashes.

Dictionary definition

ECTOPARASITE, noun. Any external parasitic organism (as fleas).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats