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parasitic
adjective
(par-a-sit-ic)
of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another
Synonyms:
bloodsucking
,
leechlike
,
parasitical
,
Examples:
A wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses.
Parasitic vines that strangle the trees.
parasitic
adjective
(par-a-sit-ic)
of or pertaining to epenthesis
Synonyms:
epenthetic
,
parasitic
adjective
(par-a-sit-ic)
relating to or caused by parasites
Synonyms:
parasitical
,
Examples:
Parasitic infection.
Words Related to
parasitic
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bloodsucking
,
dependent
,
leechlike
,
parasitism
,
larvae
,
worm
,
vermin
,
mite
,
fungi
,
spurious
,
fungus
,
bug
,
pest
,
deadbeat
,
extraneous
,
interference
,
sponge
,
clutter
,
respiratory
,
stray
,
emn
,
free-rider
,
supercrescent
,
helminth
,
gregarine
,
microparasite
,
taintworm
,
strongyloid
,
hemiparasite
,
tongueworm
,
hemiparasitic
,
chigoe flea
,
coenurus
,
rapacious
,
flukeworm
,
ichneumon fly
,
helminthophobia
,
commensal
,
encysted
,
pestilent
,
plant louse
,
pestiferous
,
parasitoid
,
pernicious
,
whale louse
,
entropic
,
proscolex
,
capitalist
,
ectothermic
,
ectophyte
,
rickettsial
,
mutant
,
xeno
,
loathsome
,
prokaryote
,
predacious
,
epizoon
,
venal
,
conscienceless
,
colonizing
,
helminthoid
,
symbiont
,
oocyst
,
whitefly
,
larval
,
entophyte
,
imperialist
,
bird louse
,
outbred
,
oligarchical
,
unicellular
,
vesicular
,
heterophyte
,
wormy
,
hymenopterous insect
,
pestilential
,
plutocratic
,
leaf roller
,
sporosac
,
filamentous
,
chlamydial
,
insidious
,
acanthocephalan
,
amoeboid
,
oligarchic
,
hermaphroditic
,
scale insect
,
vampiric
,
exploitative
,
anting
,
amoral
,
corruptive
,
human botfly
,
lymphocytic
,
bark louse
,
subgenus
,
lernean
,
avaricious
,
annelid
,
body louse
,
parasitic
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