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A plant or an animal organism that lives in or on another and takes its nourishment from that other organism. Parasitic diseases include infections that are due to protozoa, helminths, or arthropods. For example, malaria is caused by Plasmodium, a parasitic protozoa.
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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 it [..]
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Consumer organism that feeds on a host for an extended period of time. Feeding causes the host to be less fit and may eventually cause premature death.
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(par-uh-site) [Gk. para, beside, akin to + sitos, food] An organism that absorbs nutrients from the body fluids of living hosts.
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Organism that lives a part of its life cycle in or on, and at the expense of, another organism.  Parasites of farm animals live at the expense of the animals.
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One of the four major groups of microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites) that may live freely in nature, live on another organism without harming it, or live at the expense of the host organism
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Any organism that lives on or inside another organism
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1530s, "a hanger-on, a toady, person who lives on others," from Middle French parasite (16c.) or directly from Latin parasitus "toady, sponger," and directly from Greek parasitos & [..]
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A plant or animal that lives and feeds on or within another living organism (host), causing some degree of harm to the host organism.
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organism that lives and feeds on another organism.
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n. An organism that lives on or within a host (another organism); it obtains nutrients from the host without benefiting or killing (although it may damage) the host; parasitic- adj.; parasitism- n. a [..]
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An organism which obtains food and shelter from another organism. The second organism is known as the host. The host is harmed in some way by the parasite. Examples of human parasites include the tape [..]
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An organism that lives on or in another living organism (called a host) and obtains its food supply from the host. Parthenocarpic
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an organism that lives by feeding off of other host organisms
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An organism that grows, feeds, and is sheltered on or in a different organism while contributing nothing to the survival of its host. Beneficial insect parasites include trichogramma wasps and whitefl [..]
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Not only uses another plant to give it support but also takes water and food from the supporting plant causing it to weaken and in extreme cases die.
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definition – an organism that lives by feeding off of other organisms (host organism.) In a parasitic relationship the parasite always benefits but often the host can suffer. Anchor worms are a form of parasite. Often parasites carry other diseases to the host. Helpful Product: Pond Care Parasite Guard, Anchors Away, Dimilin
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one living organism that is living on or feeding from another living organism.
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Any animal or plant that lives in, or on, another animal or plant and withdraws nutrients from its host. Visit our selection of beneficial insects to rid your garden of parasites.
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A plant that gets its food from another living plant.
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A plant or animal obtaining nourishment directly from the body structure of another living organism.
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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 leech: a follower who hangs around a host (without [..]
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An organism that derives its food from the body of another organism, the host, without killing the host directly; also an insect that spends its immature stages in the body of a host that dies just be [..]
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Bugs that can do a limited charge attack. Low health and damage output.
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a parasite gets benefit from another organism (host) but has a detrimental effect on that organism. Parasites do not kill their host directly. Read more on: Parasite
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A Parasite is additional data which may be written to an XCF file. A parasite is identified by a name, and can be thought of as an extension to the other information in an XCF file. Parasites of an im [..]
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organism that lives on or in another host organism: Fungus is a parasite.
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An organism that lives in or on another organism, deriving nourishment at the expense of its host, usually without killing it. parasitic
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noun. a species which relies on another for survival but typically doesn't kill it. There are several intestinal parasites which are of value in the for digestion for their hosts. Some parasites [..]
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A parasite is an animal that lives off another animal (the host) without benefiting the host.
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Invasive organisms, such as bacteria
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Organism living on or in another organism of a different species (the host), to the benefit of itself and the detriment of the host.
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(L/Gk: para= beside, past, beyond; sitos=food; parasitos= someone who eats at someone else's table) an organism living in or on another organism, the host, at the latter's expense, and witho [..]
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organisms that absorb their nutrients from the body fluids of living hosts. Parasitism
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an organism that feeds off, lives or reproduces itself by establishing a lasting interaction with another organism (the host).
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An organism that lives in or on the body of its host without killing the host, but usually debilitating it (noun).1
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A symbiotic relationship between two organisms in which one (the parasite) benefits to the detriment of the other (host).
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organism that feeds on other living organisms often harming them in the process. parasitism -
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an organism that lives on or in a host organism and gets its food from or at the expense of its host.
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Animal or plant that lives in or on another from whose body it obtains nourishment. Pasteurisation:
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A microorganism that needs a host to survive. Examples: Cryptosporidium, Toxoplasma.
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(n) 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(n) a follower who hangs around a host (without [..]
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An organism that lives on or in the tissues of another organism and draws its nourishment from the host.
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an organism that obtains nutrients from other organisms in a harmful way that doesn't cause immediate death
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An organism living on or in and negatively affecting another organism
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An organism that lives in, on, or with another animal (called a host), getting what it needs to survive from that host.
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A parasite is an organism that is intimately associated with and metabolically dependent on another living organism (the host) for completion of its life cycle, and which is typically detrimental to t [..]
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is an organism that lives upon and at the expense of another organism.
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Invertebrate organisms that live on or in another organism (the host), and benefit at the expense of the other. Traditionally excluded from definition of parasites are pathogenic Bacteria; Fungi; Viru [..]
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Any organism that lives on or in another living organism (the host) and gets its food from or at the expense of the host. Many parasites cause disease in humans. People with weakened immune systems, including people with HIV, are at a higher risk for parasitic infections than people with healthy immune systems.
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An organism that grows, feeds, and is sheltered on or in a different organism while contributing nothing to the survival of its host.
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an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host.
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Any living organism that lives inside, with, or close to another living creature (called a host) and uses the host as a source of food, shelter, or other requirements.
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An animal that completes its development on or in another animal but does not normally kill it. Parasitoid:
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An organism that spends all or part of its life in close association with another species, taking food from it but giving nothing in return. Ectoparasites live on the outside of their hosts, while end [..]
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an organism that lives at the expense of another usually without killig ist host
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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.
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an animal (or plant) that must live on or in an organism of another species, from which it draws its nourishment.
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is an organism that lives in or on and takes its nourishment from another organism. A parasite cannot live independently.
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an organism or virus existing in intimate association with a living organism from which it derives an essential part of the material for its existence while conferring no benefit in return (BMS). An o [..]
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one able to live as a saprophyte and to be cultured on labora tory media (not obligate).
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an organism that lives in or on another living thing (a host) and extracts its energy and nutrition from the host
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An organism which lives off another oganism (called a host). A parasite usually grows on or inside its host. It also often, but not always, feeds on it. A parasite does not help its host in any way.
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an organism that lives off another organism to the detriment of the host organism and the benefit of the parasite
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An organism which feeds and develops on or within another species, but does not bring about it's death. An example is Trombidium breei, a mite which parasitises Common Blue butterflies.
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an organism (plant or animal) which lives on or inside another organism (the host), obtaining food from it but without usually killing it
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an organism that lives in or on another organism (the host) using it for food and shelter generally without killing it during some portion of its life cycle; originally the term parasite was expanded [..]
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An organism that lives on or inside another “host” organism. Parasites do not benefit their hosts, but instead feed at their expense.
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An organism that lives on or in another organism (host) and obtains benefits from that host without providing any benefit in return. Read about some protozoan parasites
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parasites attack organisms externally (mites, lice, ticks); parasitoids attack internally such as wasp larva that live inside host eating its tissues (parasitoid used only by entomologists).
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An organism that lives in or on a host organism and uses it as a source of food and shelter, to the detriment of the host.
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An organism that inhabits a living host in a symbiotic relationship, for existence or support. Typical examples include hookworms, tapeworms, and some mites. In plants, a parasitic plant is one th [..]
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A microorganism that needs a host to survive. Examples: Cryptosporidium, Toxoplasma.
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An organism that lives in or on a host and obtains nourishment from the host.
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An organism that lives in or on another organism. Parasites usually cause harm to their host organism.
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An animal that obtains its nutrition by living in close association with another kind of animal (the host) without killing it immediately. The host animal may be injured (and in some cases eventually [..]
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A plant or animal that lives on or in another species and derives its nutrition and/or protection, often with harmful effects to the host.
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Organisms which need substances generated by other organisms, and that damage or even kill the host in acquiring these substances. 
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A species card with this attribute may placed under another species card as the instructions dictate. At the end of the game, if both cards are still in play, they will both earn points.
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Something that lives in, with, or on another organism and obtains benefits from the host, which it usually injures.
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Any animal or plant that lives in, or on, another animal or plant and withdraws nutrients from its host. Visit our selection of beneficial insects to rid your garden of parasites.
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An organism which lives, reproduces or feeds on another organism for a significant portions of the parasite's life cycle.
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1. Disease-causing organism. 2. Organism exhibiting an obligatory, detrimental dependence on another organism (its host). Conceptually, parasite and pathogen are the same. Endoparasites live in the ho [..]
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an animal or plant that lives or grows on another animal or plant and harms it. perennial:
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an organism that feeds on an organism of another species (the host) and that usually harms the host; the host never benefits from the presence of the parasite
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A harm causing creature who obtains food or shelter from another living organism (called a 'Host'). Usually Fleas, Ticks and Mites.
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An organism that relies on another organism for survival.
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Any animal or vegetable organism that lives off other organisms.
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One organism that lives on or in another host organism. Often the parasite’s actions are detrimental to the host plant but sometimes it can be beneficial to the host organism.
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Parasite is the name of several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Each version of the character has the ability to temporarily absorb the life-energy, superpowers [..]
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A parasite is an organism that has sustained contact with another organism to the detriment of the host organism. Parasite, parasitism, or parasitic may also refer to:
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Parasite was a band from Surrey, England, and was formed at school in 1998, becoming an active band in the early 2000s.
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A parasite is an organism that has sustained contact with another organism to the detriment of the host organism. Parasite, parasitism, or parasitic may also refer to:
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A parasite is an organism that has sustained contact with another organism to the detriment of the host organism. Parasite, parasitism, or parasitic may also refer to:
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Parasite is an original novel written by Jim Mortimore and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice. A prelude to [..]
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"Parasite" is the eighteenth episode of the first season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. It was unique in that, in some markets, the introductory phrase "Previously on Heroes" was writ [..]
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Parasite is the debut album by See You Next Tuesday, it was released on April 3, 2007 on the indie label Ferret. It is also the first release by the band with vocalist Chris Fox. All the song titles ( [..]
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"Parasite" is a song by American hard rock band Kiss, released in 1974 on their second studio album, Hotter Than Hell. The song is one of three songs featured on the album written by lead guitarist Ac [..]
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Parasite is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering all aspects of human and animal parasitology. The journal publishes reviews, articles, and short notes. It is published by EDP Scien [..]
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Parasite is a science fiction novel written by Mira Grant (the pseudonym of American author Seanan McGuire). It was released on October 29, 2013 by Orbit Books and is the first volume of the Parasitol [..]
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