āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
parasite
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Parasite
01
āĻĒāϰāĻā§āĻŦā§, āĻĒāϰāĻā§āĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻŦ
(biology) a small organism that lives on or inside another organism, called a host, and is dependent on it for nutrition and growth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Tapeworms are parasites that can inhabit the intestines of animals, absorbing nutrients from their hosts.
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āύā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§, āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻšā§āϏā§āĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
02
a person who lives off or exploits others, gaining advantage without offering anything in return
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hangers-on at the royal court were seen as parasites.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
parasitic
parasitism
semiparasite
parasite
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