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1. (n.) parasite
an organism that lives on or within a plant or animal of another species, from which it obtains nutrients
2. parasite
a person who receives support or advantage from another without giving any useful or proper return, as one who lives on the hospitality of others.
3. parasite
(esp. in ancient Greece) a person receiving free meals in return for amusing conversation or flattery.
Etymology: (1530–40; < L parasītus < Gk parásītos one who eats at another's table =para-para -1+sîtos grain, food)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) parasite
an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host
2. (noun) leech, parasite, sponge, sponger
a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) parasite
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
2. (noun) parasite
a plant obtaining nourishment immediately from other plants to which it attaches itself, and whose juices it absorbs; -- sometimes, but erroneously, called epiphyte
3. (noun) parasite
a plant living on or within an animal, and supported at its expense, as many species of fungi of the genus Torrubia
4. (noun) parasite
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
5. (noun) parasite
an animal which steals the food of another, as the parasitic jager
6. (noun) parasite
an animal which habitually uses the nest of another, as the cowbird and the European cuckoo
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Sense: an animal or plant that lives on another animal or plant without giving anything in return
Fleas are parasites; He is a parasite on society.
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 Afrikaans: parasiet |
 Arabic: طُفَيْلِي |
 Bulgarian: паразит |
 Brazilian: parasita |
 Czech: parazit |
 German: der Schmarotzer |
 Danish: parasit |
 Greek: παράσιτο |
 Spanish: parásito |
 Estonian: parasiit |
 Farsi: انگل |
 Finnish: loinen |
 French: parasite |
 Hebrew: טַפִּיל |
 Hindi: पराश्रयी, परजीवी |
 Croatian: parazit, nametnik |
 Hungarian: parazita |
 Indonesian: parasit |
 Icelandic: sníkjudÿr |
 Italian: parassita |
 Japanese: 寄生物 |
 Korean: 기생 식물(동물), 기생충 |
 Lithuanian: parazitas |
 Latvian: parazīts |
 Malay: parasit |
 Dutch: parasiet |
 Norwegian: snyltedyr/-plante, parasi |
 Polish: pasożyt |
 Persian: انگل |
 Pashto: پار ازيټ، طفيلى، مفت خور |
 Portuguese: parasita |
 Romanian: parazit |
 Russian: паразит |
 Slovak: parazit |
 Slovenian: parazit |
 Serbian: parazit |
 Swedish: parasit |
 Thai: ปรสิต |
 Turkish: asalak, parazit |
 Taiwanese: 攀附植物 |
 Ukrainian: паразит |
 Urdu: طفيلي جانور يا پودا |
 Vietnamese: động/ thực vật ký sinh |
 Chinese: 寄生虫，寄生植物 |
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