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Endoparasite

Endoparasite \En`do*par"a*site\, n. [Endo- + parasite.] (Zo["o]l.) Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; -- opposed to ectoparasite. See Entozo["o]n. -- En`do*par`a*sit"ic, a. [1913 Webster] ||

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endoparasite

n. A parasite that lives inside the body of an organism, such as a tapeworm.

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endoparasite

n. any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms) [syn: entoparasite, entozoan, entozoon, endozoan]

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Leaving aside the microscopic endoparasites which undoubtedly existed in the system, I was thus left with the last visible type.