x is a hyperparasite of y iff x is a parasite of a parasite of the target organism y

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperparasite

http://eol.org/schema/terms/hyperparasitoidOf

Note that parasite-of is a diret relationship, so hyperparasite-of is not considered a sub-relation, even though hyperparasitism can be considered a form of parasitism

hyperparasitoid of

epiparasite of

Chris Mungall