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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
living
on or
within
an
animal,
and
supported
at its
expense,
as many
species
of fungi of the genus
Torrubia..
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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..
Sucker
::
Sucker
(n.) A
parasite;
a
sponger.
See def. 6,
above..
Parasiticide
::
Parasiticide
(n.)
Anything
used to
destroy
parasites.
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)..
Psorosperm
::
Psorosperm
(n.) A
minute
parasite,
usually
the young of
Gregarinae,
in the
pseudonavicula
stage..
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..
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..
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..
Haematozoon
::
Haematozoon
(n.) A
parasite
inhabiting
the bloo.
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..
Sponge
::
Sponge
(n.) One who lives upon
others;
a
pertinaceous
and
indolent
dependent;
a
parasite;
a
sponger.
Parasite
::
Parasite
(n.) One who
frequents
the
tables
of the rich, or who lives at
another's
expense,
and earns his
welcome
by
flattery;
a
hanger-on;
a
toady;
a
sycophant..
Favus
::
Favus (n.) A
disease
of the
scalp,
produced
by a
vegetable
parasite..
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..
Parasitical
::
Parasitical
(a.) Of the
nature
of a
parasite;
fawning
for food or
favors;
sycophantic.
Fly
::
Fly (v. i.) A
parasite.
Toadeater
::
Toadeater
(n.) A
fawning,
obsequious
parasite;
a mean
sycophant;
a
flatterer;
a
toady..
Endoparasite
::
Endoparasite
(n.) Any
parasite
which lives in the
internal
organs
of an
animal,
as the
tapeworms,
Trichina,
etc.; --
opposed
to
ectoparasite.
See
Entozoon..
Helminth
::
Helminth
(n.) An
intestinal
worm, or
wormlike
intestinal
parasite;
one of the
Helminthes..
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..
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