ectocommensal

ectocommensal
ec·to·com·men·sal -kə-'men(t)-səl adj living as a commensal on the body surface of another <\ectocommensal protozoans>

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ec·to·com·men·sal (ek″to-kə-menґsəl) a commensal organism that lives outside the body of its symbiotic companion, but cannot be separated from it.

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