ectozoon

English Thesaurus

1. any external parasitic organism (as fleas) (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	parasite,
definition	:	an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	flea,
definition	:	any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap (noun.animal)

derivation	:	ectozoan, epizoan,
definition	:	of or relating to epizoa (adj.pert)

derivation	:	ectozoan, epizoan,
definition	:	of or relating to epizoa (adj.pert)