Definitions For Hyperparasite

Noun

HYPERPARASITE (plural HYPERPARASITEs) (biology) Any parasite whose host#noun, host is a parasite. (entomology, specifically) An insect that parasitizes another parasitic insect.

Hyponyms

hyperparasitoid

Derived terms

{{col4, en, hyperparasitic, hyperparasitical, hyperparasitically, hyperparasitism, hyperparasitise, hyperparasitize, hyperparasitised, hyperparasitized {{qualifier, adjective}}, hyperparasitoid}}

Related terms

{{col4, en, nonparasite, nonparasitic, nonparasitized, nonparasitological, parasite, parasitic, parasitical, parasitically, parasiticalness, parasitisation, parasitization, parasitise, parasitize, parasitised, parasitized {{qualifier, adjective}}, parasitism, parasitoid}}

Translations

Arabic: تطفل فوقي Czech: hyperparazit, m Dutch: hyperparasiet, m Estonian: hüperparasiit German: Hyperparasit, m Norwegian: : Nynorsk: hyperparasitt, m Polish: hiperpasożyt, m, hiperparazyt Serbo-Croatian: hiperparazit, m Slovene: hiperparazit Spanish: hiperparásito, m, hiperparásita, f Swedish: hyperparasit Vietnamese: ký sinh bậc cao Dutch: hyperparasiet, m Serbo-Croatian: hiperparazit, m

Etymology

(family pteromalidae; centre) is a hyperparasite as it parasitizes the cocoon#noun, cocoons of a braconid wasp (subfamily microgastrinae), which itself is a parasite of insects of the order#noun, order lepidoptera such as butterfly, butterflies and moths]] hyper + pos1=prefix meaning ‘over, above, or beyond’ + parasite.{{r:oed online + pos=n + id=90358 + date=1899 + nodot=yes}}; {{r:lexico}}