parasite

par·a·site  (pr-st)

n.

1. Biology An organism that grows, feeds, and is sheltered on or in a different organism while contributing nothing to the survival of its host.

2.

a. One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

b. One who lives off and flatters the rich; a sycophant.

3. A professional dinner guest, especially in ancient Greece.

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[Latin parastus, a person who lives by amusing the rich, from Greek parastos, person who eats at someone else's table, parasite : para-, beside; see para-¹ + stos, grain, food.]

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parasite [ˈpærəˌsaɪt]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) an animal or plant that lives in or on another (the host) from which it obtains nourishment. The host does not benefit from the association and is often harmed by it

2. a person who habitually lives at the expense of others; sponger

3. (formerly) a sycophant

[via Latin from Greek parasitos one who lives at another's expense, from para-¹ + sitos grain]

parasitic  [ˌpærəˈsɪtɪk], parasitical adj

parasitically  adv

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parasite  (pr-st)

An organism that lives on or in a different kind of organism (the host) from which it gets some or all of its nourishment. Parasites are generally harmful to their hosts, although the damage they do ranges widely from minor inconvenience to debilitating or fatal disease. A parasite that lives or feeds on the outer surface of the host's body, such as a louse, tick, or leech, is called an ectoparasite. Ectoparasites do not usually cause disease themselves although they are frequently a vector of disease, as in the case of ticks, which can transmit the organisms that cause such diseases as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease. A parasite that lives inside the body of its host is called an endoparasite. Endoparasites include organisms such as tapeworms, hookworms, and trypanosomes that live within the host's organs or tissues, as well as organisms such as sporozoans that invade the host's cells. See more at host.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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 organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion endoparasite, endozoan, entoparasite, entozoan, entozoon - any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms) ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon - any external parasitic organism (as fleas) parasitic plant - plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it host - an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association
	2.	parasite - a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage leech, sponger, sponge follower - a person who accepts the leadership of another

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parasite

noun sponger (informal), sponge (informal), drone (Brit.), leech, hanger-on, scrounger (informal), bloodsucker (informal), cadger parasites living off the state

Translations

parasite [ˈpærəsaɪt] N (lit, fig) → parásito/a m/f (on de)

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parasite [ˈpærəsaɪt] n

(= animal, plant) → parasite m

(fig) → parasite m

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parasite

n (lit) → Parasit m, → Schmarotzer m; (fig) → Schmarotzer(in) m(f)

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parasite [ˈpærəˌsaɪt] n → parassita m

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parasite [ˈpærəˌsaɪt] n → parassita m

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parasite

n parasite [ˈpӕrəsait]

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. parasiet طُفَيْلِي паразит parazit parasit der Schmarotzer παράσιτο parásito parasiit انگل loinen parasite טַפִּיל पराश्रयी, परजीवी parazit,nametnik parazita parasit sníkjudÿr parassita 寄生物 기생 식물(동물), 기생충 parazitas parazīts parasit parasiet snyltedyr/-plante, parasitt pasożyt parasita parazit паразит parazit parazit parazit parasit ปรสิต asalak, parazit 寄生蟲 паразит طفيلي جانور يا پودا động/ thực vật ký sinh 寄生虫

adj paraˈsitic

parasities حَيوان أو نَبات طُفَيْلي паразитен příživnický parasitisk schmarotzend παρασιτικός parásito, parasitario parasiit- انگلی lois- parasite (de) טַפִּילִי परजीविता nametnički élősködő secara parasit sníkju- parassitario 寄生の 기생하는 parazitinis parazītisks parasit parasitisch snylte-, parasittisk pasożytniczy parasita parazitar паразитический príživnícky parazitski parazitski parasitisk เกี่ยวกับปรสิต asalak (gibi) 寄生的 паразитичний طفيلي، دوسروں پر گزارا کرنے والا sống ký sinh 寄生的