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  1. 1. n. One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an ectozoon. Among them are the lice, ticks, many acari, the lerneans, or fish lice, and other crustaceans. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. any external parasitic organism (as fleas) Source: wordnet
  3. 3. One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an ectozoön. Among them are the lice, ticks, many acari, the lerneans, or fish lice, and other crustaceans. Source: webster
  4. 4. n any external parasitic organism (as fleas) Source: ecdict

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