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Keywords: Tapeworms, Heartworms, Hookworms, Roundworms, Lice

Related Terms: Animal, Bacteria, Bacterium, Commensal, Ectoparasite, Endoparasite, Facultative, Germ, Host, Microbe, Microbial, Microbiology, Nematode, Organism, Parasite , Parasitic, Protozoa, Saprophyte, Sterile, In Vivo, Micro-Organism, Microbes, Microorganisms, Micro-Organisms, Commensalism, Microorganism, Nematodes, Animalia, Beneficial Organisms, Parasitism, Parasitoid, Symbionts, Heterotroph, Protozoan, Hyperparasite, Organisms, Amensalism, In-Vivo, Biological Weapon, Natural Enemies, Intermediate Host, Symbiont, Sterilant, Saprobe, Host Range, Facultative Parasite, Biological Agent, Obligate Parasite, Microbiologist

Animals that live on or in other animals

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Plants or animals that live off another creature (or even inside it), obtaining food and protection without offering any benefit in return.

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Very small or microscopic live forms that live on or in other animals. Can be passed from animal to animal by fleas, food or contact.

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an animal or plant that lives on or in another animal or plant.

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