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parasitoid

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Españolparasitoide
Françaisparasitoïde
Italianoparassitoide
2 more languages
Русскийпаразитоид

Examples

All of these solitary parasitoid wasps that use their sting-ovipositors for stinging prey and depositing eggs are subjected to little predatory pressure from large predators.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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