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.

• 寄き主しゅの体たい内ないで幼よう虫ちゅうが成せい長ちょうする。

  The larvae grow inside the host's body.