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hyperparasitism

hy·per·par·a·site
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahy-per-par-uh-sahyt]
    • /ˌhaɪ pərˈpær əˌsaɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahy-per-par-uh-sahyt]
    • /ˌhaɪ pərˈpær əˌsaɪt/

Definitions of hyperparasitism word

  • noun hyperparasitism an organism that is parasitic on or in another parasite. 1
  • noun hyperparasitism (biology) parasitism by one parasite upon another. 1
  • noun hyperparasitism a relationship between two parasites in which one develops within the other 0
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Origin of hyperparasitism

First appearance:

before 1825
One of the 37% newest English words
First recorded in 1825-35; hyper- + parasite

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Parts of speech for Hyperparasitism

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Hyperparasitism

hyperparasitism popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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