Parasite

Pronunciation

Definition 1

An animal or plant that gets nutrients by living on or in an organism of another species. A complete parasite gets all of its nutrients from the host organism, but a semi-parasite gets only some of its nutrients from the host. (NCI Dictionary)

Definition 2

Any organism that has a close, symbiotic relationship with a separate, host organism. (NCI Thesaurus)

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