- ecoparasite
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see ecosite.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
ecoparasite
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ecosite — n. [Gr. oikos, house; sitos, food] A microparasite to which its host is immune under normal conditions; ecoparasite … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
xenoparasite — An ecoparasite that becomes pathogenic in consequence of weakened resistance on the part of its host. * * * xeno·para·site (zen″o parґə sīt) an organism not usually parasitic on the host but that becomes so because of a weakened… … Medical dictionary
