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Definition of parasite
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of parasite is as below...
Parasite
(n.) A plant
obtaining
nourishment
immediately
from other
plants
to which it
attaches
itself,
and whose
juices
it
absorbs;
--
sometimes,
but
erroneously,
called
epiphyte..
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Lick-spittle
::
Lick-spittle
(n.) An
abject
flatterer
or
parasite.
Parasite
::
Parasite
(n.) An
animal
which
habitually
uses the nest of
another,
as the
cowbird
and the
European
cuckoo..
Endoparasite
::
Endoparasite
(n.) Any
parasite
which lives in the
internal
organs
of an
animal,
as the
tapeworms,
Trichina,
etc.; --
opposed
to
ectoparasite.
See
Entozoon..
Haematozoon
::
Haematozoon
(n.) A
parasite
inhabiting
the bloo.
Encystment
::
Encystment
(n.) A
process
by which many
internal
parasites,
esp. in their
larval
states,
become
inclosed
within
a cyst in the
muscles,
liver,
etc. See
Trichina..
Nidus
::
Nidus (n.) A nest: a
repository
for the eggs of
birds,
insects,
etc.; a
breeding
place;
esp., the place or
substance
where
parasites
or the germs of a
disease
effect
lodgment
or are
developed..
Ringworm
::
Ringworm
(n.) A
contagious
affection
of the skin due to the
presence
of a
vegetable
parasite,
and
forming
ring-shaped
discolored
patches
covered
with
vesicles
or
powdery
scales.
It
occurs
either
on the body, the face, or the
scalp.
Different
varieties
are
distinguished
as Tinea
circinata,
Tinea
tonsurans,
etc., but all are
caused
by the same
parasite
(a
species
of
Trichophyton)..
Ectoparasite
::
Ectoparasite
(n.) Any
parasite
which lives on the
exterior
of
animals;
--
opposed
to
endoparasite.
Pupipara
::
Pupipara
(n. pl.) A
division
of
Diptera
in which the young are born in a stage like the pupa. It
includes
the sheep tick, horse tick, and other
parasites.
Called
also
Homaloptera..
Nematoidea
::
Nematoidea
(n. pl.) An order of
worms,
having
a long,
round,
and
generally
smooth
body; the
roundworms.
they are
mostly
parasites.
Called
also
Nematodea,
and
Nematoda..
Parasite
::
Parasite
(n.) A plant
living
on or
within
an
animal,
and
supported
at its
expense,
as many
species
of fungi of the genus
Torrubia..
Parasite
::
Parasite
(n.) A plant
obtaining
nourishment
immediately
from other
plants
to which it
attaches
itself,
and whose
juices
it
absorbs;
--
sometimes,
but
erroneously,
called
epiphyte..
Sea Louse
::
Sea louse () Any one of
numerous
species
of
isopod
crustaceans
of
Cymothoa,
Livoneca,
and
allied
genera,
mostly
parasites
on
fishes..
Trematodea
::
Trematodea
(n. pl.) An
extensive
order of
parasitic
worms.
They are found in the
internal
cavities
of
animals
belonging
to all
classes.
Many
species
are
found,
also, on the gills and skin of
fishes.
A few
species
are
parasitic
on man, and some, of which the fluke is the most
important,
are
injurious
parasites
of
domestic
animals.
The
trematodes
usually
have a
flattened
body
covered
with a
chitinous
skin, and are
furnished
with two or more
suckers
for
adhesion.
Most of the
species
are
hermaphrodi
Sponge
::
Sponge
(n.) One who lives upon
others;
a
pertinaceous
and
indolent
dependent;
a
parasite;
a
sponger.
Water Mite
::
Water mite () Any of
numerous
species
of
aquatic
mites
belonging
to
Hydrachna
and
allied
genera
of the
family
Hydrachnidae,
usually
having
the legs
fringed
and
adapted
for
swimming.
They are often red or red and black in
color,
and while young are
parasites
of
fresh-water
insects
and
mussels.
Called
also water tick, and water
spider..
Parasiticide
::
Parasiticide
(n.)
Anything
used to
destroy
parasites.
Parasital
::
Parasital
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
parasites;
parasitic.
Parasitical
::
Parasitical
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
parasites;
living
on, or
deriving
nourishment
from, some other
living
animal
or
plant.
See
Parasite,
2 & 3..
Parasite
::
Parasite
(n.) An
animal
which lives
during
the whole or part of its
existence
on or in the body of some other
animal,
feeding
upon its food,
blood,
or
tissues,
as lice,
tapeworms,
etc..
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