Alphabetical

parasite

[noun]

An organism that lives on or in a host organism of another species. Parasites derive their food from and are detrimental to the host. Several examples of parasite-host relationships are: fleas living parasitically on mammals; mistletoe living parasitically on trees; the protozoan Plasmodium living parasitically in humans, for whom it causes malaria.


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