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- Word comparison: parasite vs. parasitoid
parasite vs. parasitoid
noun
- an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
- a person who receives support, advantage, or the like, from another or others without giving any useful or proper return, as one who lives on the hospitality of others:
They are greedy politicians, parasites with their snouts in the public trough.
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- (in ancient Greece) a person who received free meals in return for amusing or impudent conversation, flattering remarks, etc.
noun
- an organism that practices parasitoidism.
adjective
- of or relating to a parasite, especially one practicing parasitoidism.