Usually means: Parasite that infests another parasite.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word hyperparasite:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. hyperparasite: Merriam-Webster
  2. hyperparasite: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hyperparasite: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hyperparasite: Wordnik
  5. hyperparasite: Wiktionary
  6. hyperparasite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. hyperparasite: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. hyperparasite: Dictionary.com
  9. Hyperparasite: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. hyperparasite: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hyperparasite: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. hyperparasite: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. hyperparasite: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Biological Control (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)

(Note: See hyperparasitic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (hyperparasite)

noun:  (biology) Any parasite whose host is a parasite.
noun:  (entomology, specifically) An insect that parasitizes another parasitic insect.

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