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Etymology
From L. term|parasitus|langla < Gr. term|�α�ά�ι�ο�|trparasitos||person who eats at the table of another|langel < noun use of adjective meaning "feeding beside," < term|�α�α-|trpara-||beside + term|�ί�ο�|tr=sitos||food.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�pær��saɪt/

Noun
en-noun

1. biology A (generally undesirable) living organism that exists by stealing the resources needed by another (generally desirable) living organism. See flea, tick, mite.
2. pejorative A useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back.

Translations
trans-top|a (generally undesirable) living organism that exists by stealing the resources needed by another (generally desirable) living organism
Czech: t|cs|cizopasník|m, t|cs|parazit|m
Icelandic: t|is|sníkill|m, t|is|sníkjudýr|n
Hungarian: t|hu|él�sköd�, t|hu|parazita
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Kurdish: t|ku|sc=KUchar|�ڵکا�خ�ر
Polish: t|pl|pasożyt|m
Romanian: t|ro|parazit|m
Russian: t|ru|па�ази�|tr=parazít|m
Swedish: t|sv|parasit|c
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trans-top|a useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back
Hungarian: él�sköd�, parazita
Icelandic: sníkill m, sníkjudýr n
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Kurdish: KUchar|����پ���
Polish: pasożyt m
Romanian: parazit m, parazit� f
Russian: па�ази� (parazít) m, п�иживал (priživál) m, на�лебник (na�l'ébnik) m
Swedish: parasit c
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ttbc|Afrikaans: parasiet
ttbc|Chinese: ���� (jì sh�ng sh�ng wù)
ttbc|Dutch: parasiet m
ttbc|French: parasite m
ttbc|German: Parasit m
ttbc|Greek: (1,2) �α�ά�ι�ο (parasito) n, (1,2) �α�ά�ι�ο� (parasitos), (2) m κη�ήνα� (drone) (kifinas) m
ttbc|Ido: parazito
ttbc|Latin: parasitus m
ttbc|Spanish: parásito m
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Related terms
parasitical
parasitism

References
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