superparasitic
/ˌsuːpəparəˈsɪtɪk/ /ˌsjuːpəparəˈsɪtɪk/Biology
adjective
1Of or relating to a parasite of a parasite; = hyperparasitic. Compare superparasitism. rare.
2Chiefly Entomology. Relating to or characterized by the infestation of a host by more than one parasite or parasitoid of the same species.
3 Figurative. Particularly successful as a parasite; exceptionally parasitic in character. Compare superparasite. rare.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Encyclopaedia Britannica. From super- + parasitic.
- phagemid
- phage therapy
- phage type
- Phagiphany
- phagocytable
- phagocytal
- phagocyte
- phagocytic
- phagocytical
- phagocytically
- phagocytic index
- phagocyting
- phagocytisable
- phagocytizable
- phagocytize
- phagocytoblast
- phagocytose
- phagocytosis
- phagolysis
- phagolysosome
- phagolytic
- phagosomal
- phagosome
- -phagous
- -phagy