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endoparasite

Definition of endoparasite

noun

Biology
  • a parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host. Compare with ectoparasite.

Derivatives

endoparasitic

adjective

endoparasite in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of endoparasite in the US English dictionary
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