endoparasite
noun
en·do·par·a·site
ˌen-dō-ˈper-ə-ˌsīt 
-ˈpa-rə-
: a parasite that lives in the internal organs or tissues of its host
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On the right side of the whale, a scientist cutting through flesh pulls out worm-like endoparasites—those would be parasites that live inside their host, common for a whale—and puts them in a plastic baggy.
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endoparasite
noun
en·do·par·a·site
-ˈpar-ə-ˌsīt
: a parasite that lives in the internal organs or tissues of its host compare ectoparasite
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