Definition of Ectoparasitic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to ectoparasites ¹

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Definition of Ectoparasitic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ectoparasitic

ectomesenchyme
ectomies
ectomorph
ectomorphic
ectomorphs
ectomorphy
ectomy
ectomycorrhiza
ectomycorrhizae
ectomycorrhizal
ectonucleotide
ectonucleotide pyrophosphohydrolase
ectopagus
ectoparasite
ectoparasites
ectoparasitic (current term)
ectoparasitic infestations
ectoparasiticide
ectoparasiticides
ectoparasitism
ectoperitonitis
ectophloic
ectophyte
ectophytes
ectopia cloacae
ectopia cordis
ectopia maculae
ectopia pupillae congenita

Literary usage of Ectoparasitic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1900)
"'94 GOTO, S. Studies on the ectoparasitic Trematodes of Japan. Journ. Set. ... Notes on Some Exotic Species of ectoparasitic Trematodes. Journ. Sci. ..."

2. Transactions by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1881)
"The family above described includes among others the ectoparasitic forma of which we are treating. They were originally included by Koch in bis genus Der- ..."

3. A Student's Text-book of Zoology by Adam Sedgwick, Joseph Jackson Lister, Arthur Everett Shipley (1898)
"In the ectoparasitic forms it is often prolonged into a filament at one or both poles of the egg, which filament serves for the attachment of the egg (Fig. ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The single anterior vagina is then comparable with the similarly named duct of ectoparasitic Trematodes, in which group it is either single or double. ..."

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