Parasitoid

Japanese: parasitoid
Parasitoid

...However, even if herbivorous animals fit this definition, they are not considered parasites. Also, when multiple individuals parasitize, they may kill the host, and some parasites, such as parasitic wasps, always kill the host (in this case, they are sometimes called predatory parasitoids or pseudoparasitoids). On the other hand, intestinal parasites do not get their nutrition from the host's body itself, but from the digestive products before absorption, which means they are stealing the host's food. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "parasitoid" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし植物食の動物はこの定義にあてはまっても寄生しているとはいわない。また,多数個体が寄生したときには宿主(寄主)を殺すこともあり,ヤドリバチのように必ず寄主を殺す寄生者もある(この場合は捕食寄生者または擬寄生者parasitoidと呼んで区別することがある)。一方腸内寄生者は,宿主の身体そのものではなく,吸収以前の消化産物を栄養としているが,これは宿主の食物を横取りしていることになる。…

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