parasitenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpær.ə.saɪt/us/ˈper.ə.saɪt/an animal or plant that lives on or in another animal or plant of a different type and feeds from it:
The older drugs didn't deal effectively with the malaria parasite.
disapproving a person who is lazy and lives by other people working, giving them money, etc.:
Financial speculators are parasites on the national economy.
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Plants & animals - general words
- animal kingdom
- autotroph
- biped
- bloodsucker
- carnivore
- flora
- flora and fauna
- greenery
- herbivore
- heterotroph
- non-placental
- omnivore
- omnivorous
- parasitic
- predatory
- songster
- vegetation
- vertebrate
- warm-blooded
- wildlife
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