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definitive host

noun

definitive host

noun
1

Biology, Ecology, Natural sciences The host in which a parasite reproduces sexually.

  • Cats are the definitive host of Toxoplasma gondii.
  • They remain within the intermediate host until it is eaten by the definitive host.2002, Jack Chernin, Parasitology, →ISBN, page 14:

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