exophage

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noun

Any parasite that feeds outside of its host

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Meanings

nounexophage (plural exophages)

plural exophages

  1. biologyAny parasite that feeds outside of its host

    These results corroborate our expectation of a stronger effect of host-plant phylogenetic isolation on endophage diversity than on exophage diversity.

    2015 September 18, “The Effect of Host-Plant Phylogenetic Isolation on Species Richness, Composition and Specialization of Insect Herbivores: A Comparison between Native and Exotic Hosts”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From exo- + phage.

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