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parasite
 
Noun parasite has 2 senses
  1. parasite - an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); the parasite obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host
    --1 is a kind of     organism, being
    Antonyms: host
    --1 has particulars:
     endoparasite, entoparasite, entozoan, entozoon, endozoan; ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon; parasitic plant
  2. leech, parasite, sponge, sponger - a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
    --2 is a kind of follower
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