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"a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses" "parasitic vines that strangle the trees"adjectiveof plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another
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adjectiveof or pertaining to epenthesis
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"parasitic infection"adjectiverelating to or caused by parasites
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Definition that contains parasitic
- fluke parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
- hookworm parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts
- flatworm parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body
- spirochete parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals
- echidnophaga gallinacea parasitic on especially the heads of chickens
- ustilaginales parasitic fungi causing smuts; sometimes placed in class Tiliomycetes
- horse botfly parasitic chiefly on horses
- sandalwood tree parasitic tree of Indonesia and Malaysia having fragrant close-grained yellowish heartwood with insect repelling properties and used, e.g., for making chests
- plasmodium parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans
- ixodes ricinus parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete