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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca