meaning of parasites
1. An artificial group formerly made for parasitic insects, as lice, ticks, mites, etc.
2. A division of copepod Crustacea, having a sucking mouth, as the lerneans. They are mostly parasites on fishes. Called also Siphonostomata.
Related Words
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