Endoparasite

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives within another organism.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A parasite that lives inside the body of an organism, such as a tapeworm.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; -- opposed to ectoparasite. See entozoön.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An internal parasite; a parasite which lives in the internal parts or organs of the host, as distinguished from an ectoparasite, which infests the skin or surface. The entozoans are of this character. The term has no classificatory meaning.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms)
    • Antonym
    ectoparasite   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    parasite   
    Cross Reference
    ectoparasite    zooparasite   
    Variant
    entozoon   
     
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