intermediate host

1. 1.

   a host that is used by a parasite in the course of its life cycle

   Broaderhost

Questions about intermediate host

What does intermediate host mean?

intermediate host means "a host that is used by a parasite in the course of its life cycle".

Is intermediate host a common word?

intermediate host is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.