中ちゅう間かん宿しゅく主しゅ

noun

intermediate host

Biology term for an organism that harbors a parasite during a non-reproductive developmental stage, before it reaches the definitive host.

• マラリア原げん虫ちゅうの中ちゅう間かん宿しゅく主しゅは蚊かです。

  The intermediate host of the malaria parasite is the mosquito.

• この寄き生せい虫ちゅうは中ちゅう間かん宿しゅく主しゅとしてカタツムリを利り用ようする。

  This parasite uses snails as an intermediate host.