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par⋅a⋅sit⋅oid

  [par-uh-si-toid, -sahy-]
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–noun
1. an organism that practices parasitoidism.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to a parasite, esp. one practicing parasitoidism.
Origin:
1920–25; < NL Parasitoïdea (1913); see parasite, -oid
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par·a·sit·oid   (pār'ə-sĭ-toid', -sī'toid)   
n.  Any of various insects, such as the ichneumon fly, whose larvae are parasites that eventually kill their hosts.
adj.  Of or relating to a parasitic insect of this kind.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1par·a·sit·oid
Pronunciation: 'par-&-s&-"toid, -"sIt-"oid
Function: adjective
1 : resembling aparasite
2 : being a parasitoid

Main Entry: 2parasitoid
Function: noun
: an insect and especially a wasp that completes its larval development within the body of another insect which iteventually kills and that is free-living as an adult
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parasitoid   (pār'ə-sĭ-toid', -sī'toid)  Pronunciation Key 
Any of various insects, such as the ichneumon fly, whose larvae are parasites that eventually kill their hosts. The adult parasitoid deposits an egg on or inside the body of its host, typically the larva of another arthropod. When the egg hatches, the parasitoid larva feeds on the host's tissues, gradually killing it.
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