ectoparasitic
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Meaning
ectoparasitic (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to ectoparasites.
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In Iceland most ectoparasitic insects live in sheltered conditions or actually on mammals; examples include lice, fleas and bedbugs, in whose living conditions freezing is no concern, and most of which were introduced inadvertently by humans.
Powell (2009), p. 199 Parasitism Over 1000 species of beetles are known to be either parasitic, predatory, or commensals in the nests of ants. citation A few species of beetles are actually ectoparasitic on mammals.