parasitoid

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noun

Any organism that is parasitic during part of its life cycle, especially one that eventually kills its host.

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hymenopteran hymenopterous alloparasitoid hyperparasite semiparasite hyperparasitoid necrotroph alloparasite entomoparasite epiparasite mesoparasite holoparasite superparasitism autoparasitoid entomophyte endoparasite

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