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parasitoid

organism that spends a significant portion of its life history attached to or within a single host organism in a relationship where the host is ultimately killed
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parasitoid

Summary

parasitoid ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,560 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • parasitoid is a type of predator[2].
  • parasitoid's Commons category is recorded as Parasitoids[3].
  • parasitoid's different from is recorded as parasite[4].
  • parasitoid's different from is recorded as hyperparasite[5].

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Definition and Type

parasitoid is a type of predator[2].

Why It Matters

parasitoid ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,560 views/month).[1] parasitoid has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). parasitoid. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/parasitoid
MLA “parasitoid.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/parasitoid.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_parasitoid_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{parasitoid}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/parasitoid}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → predator
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → parazitoidas
    Different from → parasite, hyperparasite
    Subclass of → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 26780, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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