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parasitical

 
Adjective parasitical has 2 senses
  1. parasitic, parasitical - relating to or caused by parasites; "parasitic infection"
  2. parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking - of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; "a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses"; "parasitic vines that strangle the trees"; "bloodsucking blackmailer"; "his indolent leechlike existence"
    Antonym: independent (indirect, via dependent)
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