Ectoparasite n. : Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals; -- opposed to endoparasite.Example:Does anyone know a website that I can get Info on Health care and Prevention of Endo/Ectoparasite about dogs ?Taxonomyparasites, hosts, Parasitism, interactions, species, endoparasites, organisms, adaptation, infected, ecology, snails, parasitic, infect, allopatric, relationship, examples of parasitism, co-speciation, free-living organisms.Defination from the web:ectoparasites (e.g. some mites) and those that live inside the host are called endoparasites (e.g. hookworms) ... Some ectoparasites, such as monogenean worms, rely on direct contact between hosts. ...
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