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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..

Parasite :: Parasite (n.) An animal which habitually uses the nest of another, as the cowbird and the European cuckoo..

Mesozoa :: Mesozoa (n. pl.) A group of very lowly organized, wormlike parasites, including the Dicyemata. They are found in cephalopods. See Dicyemata..

Psorosperm :: Psorosperm (n.) A minute parasite, usually the young of Gregarinae, in the pseudonavicula stage..

Parasitical :: Parasitical (a.) Of the nature of a parasite; fawning for food or favors; sycophantic.

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..

Parasita :: Parasita (n. pl.) A division of copepod Crustacea, having a sucking mouth, as the lerneans. They are mostly parasites on fishes. Called also Siphonostomata..

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A parasite.

Parasitism :: Parasitism (n.) The state or behavior of a parasite; the act of a parasite.

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.) A plant living on or within an animal, and supported at its expense, as many species of fungi of the genus Torrubia..

Rhizocephala :: Rhizocephala (n. pl.) A division of Pectostraca including saclike parasites of Crustacea. They adhere by rootlike extensions of the head. See Illusration in Appendix.

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)..

Tristoma :: Tristoma (n.) Any one of numerous species of trematode worms belonging to Tristoma and allied genera having a large posterior sucker and two small anterior ones. They usually have broad, thin, and disklike bodies, and are parasite on the gills and skin of fishes..

Tachina :: Tachina (n.) Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging to Tachina and allied genera. Their larvae are external parasites of other insects.

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..

Ectoparasite :: Ectoparasite (n.) Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals; -- opposed to endoparasite.

Supercrescent :: Supercrescence (n.) That which grows upon another growing thing; a parasite.

Suppawn :: Supparasite (v. t.) To flatter; to cajole; to act the parasite.

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