Usually means: Parasites living on external surfaces.
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  1. ectoparasites: Merriam-Webster
  2. ectoparasites: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ectoparasites: Vocabulary.com
  4. ectoparasites: Wiktionary
  5. ectoparasites: Dictionary.com
  6. Ectoparasites: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Ectoparasites: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Ectoparasites: Encyclopedia

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  1. ectoparasites: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Ectoparasites: Medical dictionary

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  1. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ectoparasite)

noun:  A parasite that lives on the surface of a host organism; such as the Demodex mite, which lives in human hair and eyelashes.
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