Meaning

2 senses

  1. Any parasite whose host is a parasite.

    Hyperparasit

  2. (specifically)An insect that parasitizes another parasitic insect.

Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 1
parasite whose host is a parasite:

Origin

From hyper- (prefix meaning ‘over, above, or beyond’) + parasite.

From hyper- (prefix meaning ‘over, above, or beyond’) + parasite.

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Forms

plural: hyperparasites
Singularhyperparasite
Pluralhyperparasites

regular

Word family

22 related words
RelatedparasiteC1parasiticC2nonparasitenonparasiticnonparasitizednonparasitologicalparasiticalparasiticallyparasiticalnessparasitizationparasitizedparasitiseparasitizeparasitismparasitoid
Derivedhyperparasitichyperparasiticalhyperparasiticallyhyperparasitizedhyperparasitizehyperparasitismhyperparasitoid

See also

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