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ectoparasite

[ UK /ˈɛktəpˌæɹɐsˌa‍ɪt/ ]
NOUN
  1. any external parasitic organism (as fleas)

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  • Cavity-nesting hosts will often face ectoparasites during reproduction.
  • But the two ‘explanations’ aren’t mutually exclusive, as the teeth could still have been important in ectoparasite control. Archive 2006-07-01
  • We measured various indicators of male health and condition, including the intensity of infection from ectoparasites and blood parasites.
  • On the other hand, a ectoparasite is a disproportionate burden for an act of love. Libertarian Blog Place
  • Fifth, we test for correlations between ectoparasites and blood parasites.
  • In the previous post we saw how avian bill morphology is crucial to the control of parasites, an assertion that comes from recent studies of bill shape and ectoparasite control in scrub-jays, pigeons and numerous Neotropical bird species. The war on parasites: an oviraptorosaur’s eye view
  • Could those little premaxillary teeth have been specialized for ectoparasite control? The war on parasites: an oviraptorosaur’s eye view
  • The species identities of the acarine ectoparasites were not determined.
  • The ectoparasites, in particular the hematophagous swallow bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae: Oeciacus vicarius), are responsible for much of the nestling mortality and nest failures that occur in our study area.
  • Terrestrial birds whose plumage is superficially similar to that of fuzzy small theropods are notorious for harbouring ectoparasites, with kiwis in particular being reported to crawl with numerous fleas, ticks, feather mites and lice (Kleinpaste 1991). Archive 2006-07-01
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