Definition of parasite

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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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Parasitical :: Parasitical (a.) Of or pertaining to parasites; living on, or deriving nourishment from, some other living animal or plant. See Parasite, 2 & 3..
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..
Sycophant :: Sycophant (n.) A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men..
Entophyte :: Entophyte (n.) A vegetable parasite subsisting in the interior of the body.
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..
Sucker :: Sucker (n.) A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above..
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
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..
Suppawn :: Supparasite (v. t.) To flatter; to cajole; to act the parasite.
Haematozoon :: Haematozoon (n.) A parasite inhabiting the bloo.
Parasite :: Parasite (n.) An animal which habitually uses the nest of another, as the cowbird and the European cuckoo..
Parasite :: Parasite (n.) An animal which steals the food of another, as the parasitic jager..
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..
Lick-spittle :: Lick-spittle (n.) An abject flatterer or parasite.
Parasiticide :: Parasiticide (n.) Anything used to destroy parasites.
Parasitism :: Parasitism (n.) The state or behavior of a parasite; the act of a parasite.
Epiphyte :: Epiphyte (n.) A vegetable parasite growing on the surface of the body.
Parasitical :: Parasitical (a.) Of the nature of a parasite; fawning for food or favors; sycophantic.
Epozoic :: Epozoic (a.) Living upon the exterior of another animal; ectozoic; -- said of external parasites.
Mesozoa :: Mesozoa (n. pl.) A group of very lowly organized, wormlike parasites, including the Dicyemata. They are found in cephalopods. See Dicyemata..
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