Definitions
An organism that lives on or in another organism and takes nourishment from it.
Word origin
From Middle French parasite, from Latin parasitus, from Ancient Greek παράσιτος (parásitos, “person who eats at the table of another”), from noun use of adjective meaning "feeding beside", from παρά (pará, “beside”) + σῖτος (sîtos, “food”).
Used in a sentence
“Lice, fleas, ticks, and mites are widely spread parasites.”
“...and the mistletoe crept round many of the oaks—that pleasant parasite, whose associations belong rather to the hearth and lighted hall than to its native branches.”
“Any germs or parasites on the surface of the meat that you could conceivably wash off are gonna die as soon as you cook it, so don't bother washing it.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Host-feeding organism”8 letters
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