parasitic
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- adjective
- /ˌpærəˈsɪtɪk/
- Specialized
- They've recently unleashed a trait in honey bees that offers defense against the parasitic Varroa mite.
- parasitic wasps
- parasitic disease
- parasitic insects
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Watch on YouTubeWell, these parasitic Wasps specifically seek out your fly larvae.
- Well, these parasitic Wasps specifically seek out your fly larvae.
- Papaya seeds and pumpkin seeds have really, really strong anti parasitic properties.
- There is a an amazing game theory about if the mushroom people are actually, like, parasitic spores.
Examples
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Available commercially, Muscidifurax raptor is a parasitic wasp that preys on flies, laying its eggs in the pupae.
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Echinococcus multilocularis is the causative agent of the parasitic zoonosis alveolar echinococcosis.
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It's a family of four different parasitic diseases.
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But more specifically, in this case it's a parasitic twin.
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She was born with a parasitic twin.
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And these aphids can become resistant to a parasitic wasp that would otherwise kill them.
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Malaria is a parasitic disease spread by the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito.
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Trichinella spiralis is a parasitic nematode with a complex life cycle.
Academic text (1995) -
Michal Polak, of Arizona State University, has shown that Drosophila larvae infected with parasitic nematodes develop into asymmetrical adults.
Academic text (1993) -
Malaria is a parasitic disease spread by the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito.
Synonyms
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Caused by tiny animals that live on another animal or person and harm them
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A small animal that lives inside another animal and takes its food, often causing sickness
How Parasitic
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Parasitic comes from a Greek idea of someone who ate at another person's table, with para- 'beside' and sitos 'food' giving us parasite. So a parasitic organism lives by taking food or other needs from a host.