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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

ec•to•par•a•site n.

Ecology, Microbiologyan external parasite (opposed to endoparasite).

1860–65; ecto- + parasite

ec•to•par•a•sit•ic adj.

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