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Ectoparasite

//ˌɛktə(ʊ)ˈpæɹəˌsaɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A parasite that lives on the surface of a host organism; such as the Demodex mite, which lives in human hair and eyelashes.

    "Ordinarily, allergy to animals is due to either their fine dander which becomes aerosolized or to the exoskeleta, pupae, or feces of their ectoparasites."

  2. 2
    any external parasitic organism (as fleas) wordnet

Etymology

From ecto- (from Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektós, “outside”)) + parasite.

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