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PARASITICAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another
Example:
his indolent leechlike existence
Synonyms:
bloodsucking; leechlike; parasitic; parasitical
Classified under:
Similar:
dependent (relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed)
Derivation:
parasite (a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Relating to or caused by parasites
Example:
parasitic infection
Synonyms:
parasitic; parasitical
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
parasite (an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host)
Derivation:
parasite (an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host)
