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parasite
/ˈpærəsaɪt/
noun
Başka bir organizmanın içinde veya üzerinde yaşayıp ona zarar veren canlı
An organism that lives in or on another organism (host) and benefits at the host's expense.
- Fleas and ticks are common parasites that affect dogs.
- The parasite feeds on nutrients from its host's blood.
- Tropical medicine specialists study how malaria parasite transmission patterns vary across different geographic regions and seasonal conditions.
- Evolutionary biologists debate whether certain parasite species might eventually develop mutualistic relationships with their hosts over extended time periods.
- Agricultural scientists developed new crop varieties resistant to root parasite infestations that previously caused significant yield losses.
- Marine ecologists discovered that some fish species allow cleaner shrimp to remove parasite organisms from their gills and skin surfaces.
nouninformal, pejorative
Başkalarını sömüren, karşılığında bir şey vermeyen kişi
A person who lives off or exploits others without giving anything in return.
- He's a parasite who never pays for anything.
- She felt like a parasite living with her parents at age thirty.