Phrase Hound found 3 phrases and 21 compound words that contain parasites. The most common are listed below. Open parasites in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 3
- brood parasitesplural of brood parasite: An animal - bird, fish or insect - that relies on other species to raise their young.
- welfare parasitesplural of welfare parasite: A person who is seen as living off the welfare of others.
- wound parasitesplural of wound parasite: A parasitic fungus that enters the host by attacking the surface of a wound.
Compound words 21
- ectoparasitesplural of ectoparasite: A parasite that lives on the surface of a host organism; such as the Demodex mite, which lives in human hair and eyelashes.
- alloparasitesplural of alloparasite: An organism that parasitizes an unrelated host
- ecoparasitesplural of ecoparasite: A parasite for which the host animal has developed a tolerance or immunity.
- endoparasitesplural of endoparasite: A parasite that lives inside the body of an organism, such as a tapeworm.
- entoparasitesplural of entoparasite: A parasite that lives inside the body of an organism, such as a tapeworm.
- epiparasitesplural of epiparasite: A parasite that feeds on another parasite.
- exoparasitesplural of exoparasite: A parasite that lives on the surface of a host organism; such as the Demodex mite, which lives in human hair and eyelashes.
- hemiparasitesplural of hemiparasite: Any parasitic plant that obtains energy by photosynthesis as well as from its host
- holoparasitesplural of holoparasite: A holoparasitic organism.
- hyperparasitesplural of hyperparasite: Any parasite whose host is a parasite.