Paratenic Host Definition
părə-tĕnĭk
noun
An organism that plays a role in a parasite's life cycle, as by harboring its unhatched eggs, but in or on which no development of the parasite occurs.
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Origin of Paratenic Host
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Greek parateinein to extend, prolong (para- para-) (teinein to stretch ten- in Indo-European roots) –ic
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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