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† imˈparasite Zool. Obs.
[f. im-2 + parasite.]
An animal that is not a parasite; applied by Kirby and Spence to certain insects. So imparaˈsitic a. (See quots.)
1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1843) I. 221 Those which are insectivorous only in their larva state may be..divided into parasites and imparasites, meaning by..the latter those that prey upon insects already dead. Ibid. 222 The Imparasitic insect devourers chiefly belong to the Hymenoptera. |