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Etymology
From L. term|parasitus|langla < Gr. term|παÏάσιτος|trparasitos||person who eats at the table of another|langel < noun use of adjective meaning "feeding beside," < term|παÏα-|trpara-||beside + term|σίτος|tr=sitos||food.
Pronunciation
IPA|/ˈpærəˌsaɪt/
Noun
en-noun
- biology A (generally undesirable) living organism that exists by stealing the resources needed by another (generally desirable) living organism. See flea, tick, mite.
- pejorative A useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back.
Translations
trans-top|a (generally undesirable) living organism that exists by stealing the resources needed by another (generally desirable) living organism
Czech: t|cs|cizopasnÃk|m, t|cs|parazit|m
Icelandic: t|is|snÃkill|m, t|is|snÃkjudýr|n
Hungarian: t|hu|élősködő, t|hu|parazita
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Kurdish: t|ku|sc=KUchar|چڵکاوخۆر
Polish: t|pl|pasożyt|m
Romanian: t|ro|parazit|m
Russian: t|ru|паразит|tr=parazÃt|m
Swedish: t|sv|parasit|c
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trans-top|a useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back
Hungarian: élősködő, parazita
Icelandic: snÃkill m, snÃkjudýr n
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Kurdish: KUchar|هیچوپووچ
Polish: pasożyt m
Romanian: parazit m, parazită f
Russian: паразит (parazÃt) m, приживал (priživál) m, нахлебник (naχl'ébnik) m
Swedish: parasit c
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ttbc|Afrikaans: parasiet
ttbc|Chinese: 寄生生物 (jì shēng shēng wù)
ttbc|Dutch: parasiet m
ttbc|French: parasite m
ttbc|German: Parasit m
ttbc|Greek: (1,2) παÏάσιτο (parasito) n, (1,2) παÏάσιτος (parasitos), (2) m κηφήνας (drone) (kifinas) m
ttbc|Ido: parazito
ttbc|Latin: parasitus m
ttbc|Spanish: parásito m
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Related terms
parasitical
parasitism
References
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