parasites
Meaning of parasites
plural noun
- an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense.
the parasite attaches itself to the mouths of fishes
an intestinal parasite of cattle
- a person who habitually relies on or exploits others and gives nothing in return.
he was a parasite who lived off other people
mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek parasitos ‘(person) eating at another's table’, from para- ‘alongside’ + sitos ‘food’.
Information about parasites
- It is a name.
- The singular form of parasites is: parasite.
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CatalanHyphenation of parasites
par-a-sites
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- parasites is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
parasites synonyms
Meaning a person who extorts profit from or sponges on others:
Meaning a member of a team or group who does far less effective work than the other members:
Meaning a person who does no useful work and lives off others:
Meaning an insect or other animal that sucks blood, especially a leech or a mosquito:
Meaning a person who lives at others' expense:
Meaning a primitive sedentary aquatic invertebrate with a soft porous body that is typically supported by a framework of fibres or calcareous or glassy spicules. Sponges draw in a current of water to extract :
Meaning a person who borrows from or lives off others:
Meaning a person who takes advantage of others' generosity without giving anything in return:
Meaning a person who lives off others without giving anything in return:
Meaning an instance of loitering in a bored or listless manner:
Meaning a scrounger:
Anagrams of parasites
aspirates, paterissa, satrapies
Words that rhyme with parasites
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