PARASITA

‖Par′a‐si″ta (păr′ȧ‐sī″tȧ), n. pl. [] (Zoöl.) (a) An artificial group formerly made for parasitic insects, as lice, ticks, mites, etc. (b) A division of copepod Crustacea, having a sucking mouth, as the lerneans. They are mostly parasites on fishes. Called also Siphonostomata.