寄き主しゅ

noun

host (organism)

Biological term for an organism that harbors a parasite, commensal, or symbiont. Contrasts with 宿主 (しゅくしゅ), which is more common in everyday and broader contexts.

See also: 宿主

• この寄き生せい虫ちゅうは特とく定ていの寄き主しゅにしか感かん染せんしない。

  This parasite infects only specific hosts.