What does parasitoid mean?
A parasitoid is an organism that spends most or all of its life attached to or inside a single host organism, ultimately killing it.
Example
"The parasitoid wasp lays its eggs inside the caterpillar, where they will hatch and feed on the host's internal organs."
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