ectoparasite

[Gr. ektos =without, out side, and Eng. parasite (q. v.).] A parasitic animal infesting the outside of animals, as distinguished from an endoparasite, which exists within the body. ment of parts. *ec-tô-pi-a, *ěc-to-př, s . [Greek ek =out, and topos a place.] Path.: A morbid, generally congenital, displace ěc-to-pis-tēs, s. [Gr. ektopizō =to move from a Ornith.: A genus of Columbide. Ectopistes migrator i us is the Pa enger Pigeon of this country. [PASSENGER-PIGEON.] place.]