parasite

  • 21parasite — [[t]pæ̱rəsaɪt[/t]] parasites 1) N COUNT A parasite is a small animal or plant that lives on or inside a larger animal or plant, and gets its food from it. 2) N COUNT (disapproval) If you disapprove of someone because you think that they get money …

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  • 22parasite — UK [ˈpærəsaɪt] / US [ˈperəˌsaɪt] noun [countable] Word forms parasite : singular parasite plural parasites 1) showing disapproval a lazy person who lives by getting money, food etc from other people 2) biology a plant or animal that lives in or… …

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  • 23parasite — a, parasite, o adj. et n. parasite. Parasits radioelectrics, plantas parasitas : parasites radio électriques, plantes parasites. voir aussi à cèrcadinnar …

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  • 24parasite — An animal or plant that gets nutrients by living on or in an organism of another species. A complete parasite gets all of its nutrients from the host organism, but a semi parasite gets only some of its nutrients from the host …

    English dictionary of cancer terms

  • 25parasite — (par ah saīt) An organism that lives on or within another organism (the host) and benefits from the association while harming its host. Often the parasite obtains nutrients from the host …

    Dictionary of microbiology

  • 26parasite — noun /ˈpærəˌsaɪt/ a) A (generally undesirable) living organism that exists by stealing the resources produced/collected by another living organism. Lice, fleas, ticks and mites are widely spread parasites. b) A person who relies on other peoples… …

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  • 27parasite —    The literal sense of the word is eating at the table of another, from Greek para, beside, and sitos, food (originally, grain ). In the biological sense, a parasite is a plant or animal that lives on or in another and feeds off it …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 28parasite — n. any living thing that lives in (see endoparasite) or on (see ectoparasite) another living organism (see host). The parasite, which may spend all or only part of its existence with the host, obtains food and/or shelter from the host and… …

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  • 29parasite — triukšmas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. noise vok. Geräusch, n; Störung, f rus. шум, m pranc. bruit, m; parasite, m …

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  • 30Parasite Eve II — North American box art Developer(s) Square Product Development Division 5[ …

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