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Definition of parasite
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Parasite
(n.) An
animal
which
steals
the food of
another,
as the
parasitic
jager..
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Mesozoa
::
Mesozoa
(n. pl.) A group of very lowly
organized,
wormlike
parasites,
including
the
Dicyemata.
They are found in
cephalopods.
See
Dicyemata..
Parasitical
::
Parasitical
(a.) Of the
nature
of a
parasite;
fawning
for food or
favors;
sycophantic.
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)..
Parasite
::
Parasite
(n.) An
animal
which
steals
the food of
another,
as the
parasitic
jager..
Favus
::
Favus (n.) A
disease
of the
scalp,
produced
by a
vegetable
parasite..
Helminth
::
Helminth
(n.) An
intestinal
worm, or
wormlike
intestinal
parasite;
one of the
Helminthes..
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..
Sea Louse
::
Sea louse () Any one of
numerous
species
of
isopod
crustaceans
of
Cymothoa,
Livoneca,
and
allied
genera,
mostly
parasites
on
fishes..
Echinococcus
::
Echinococcus
(n.) A
parasite
of man and of many
domestic
and wild
animals,
forming
compound
cysts or
tumors
(called
hydatid
cysts)
in
various
organs,
but
especially
in the liver and
lungs,
which often cause
death.
It is the
larval
stage of the
Taenia
echinococcus,
a small
tapeworm
peculiar
to the dog..
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..
Sucker
::
Sucker
(n.) A
parasite;
a
sponger.
See def. 6,
above..
Ectoparasite
::
Ectoparasite
(n.) Any
parasite
which lives on the
exterior
of
animals;
--
opposed
to
endoparasite.
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..
Entophyte
::
Entophyte
(n.) A
vegetable
parasite
subsisting
in the
interior
of the body.
Sponge
::
Sponge
(n.) One who lives upon
others;
a
pertinaceous
and
indolent
dependent;
a
parasite;
a
sponger.
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..
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.
Toadeater
::
Toadeater
(n.) A
fawning,
obsequious
parasite;
a mean
sycophant;
a
flatterer;
a
toady..
Glochidium
::
Glochidium
(n.) The larva or young of the
mussel,
formerly
thought
to be a
parasite
upon the
parent's
gills..
Tachina
::
Tachina
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
Diptera
belonging
to
Tachina
and
allied
genera.
Their
larvae
are
external
parasites
of other
insects.
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