epizoon

Synonyms:

ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan

Types:

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flea

any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap

Pulex irritans

the most common flea attacking humans

Ctenocephalides canis, dog flea

flea that attacks dogs and cats

Ctenocephalides felis, cat flea

flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats

Tunga penetrans, chigger, chigoe, chigoe flea

small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans

Echidnophaga gallinacea, sticktight, sticktight flea

parasitic on especially the heads of chickens

Type of:

parasite

an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host