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Parasitic

Parasitic Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Parasitic? [adj] of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; "a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses"; "parasitic vines that strangle the trees"; "bloodsucking blackmailer"; "his indolent leechlike existence" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Parasitic: bloodsucking \| dependent \| leechlike \| parasitical Related Terms \| Find terms related to Parasitic: abject \| accompanying \| accordant \| agreeing \| all-devouring \| all-engulfing \| associate \| associated \| at one with \| backscratching \| beggarly \| bloodsucking \| bone-lazy \| bootlicking \| cadging \| coacting \| coactive \| coadunate \| coincident \| collaborative \| collective \| collusive \| combined \| combining \| commensal \| concerted \| concomitant \| concordant \| concurrent \| concurring \| conjoint \| consilient \| conspiratorial \| cooperant \| cooperative \| coordinate \| cowering \| coworking \| crawling \| cringing \| crouching \| dilatory \| doless \| do-nothing \| dronish \| drony \| easy \| ecological \| ecotopic \| ergophobic \| extortionate \| faineant \| fawning \| flattering \| footlicking \| good-for-nothing \| grabby \| grasping \| groveling \| hangdog \| harmonious \| indolent \| ingratiating \| joint \| kowtowing \| laggard \| lax \| lazy \| leechlike \| lupine \| mealymouthed \| meeting \| nonaggressive \| obeisant \| obsequious \| on bended knee \| predacious \| predatory \| procrastinative \| prostrate \| rapacious \| raptorial \| ravening \| ravenous \| remiss \| saprophytic \| scrounging \| sharkish \| shiftless \| slack \| slothful \| slow \| sniveling \| sponging \| sycophantic \| symbiotic \| synchronous \| synergetic \| synergic \| synergistic \| timeserving \| toadeating \| toadying \| toadyish \| truckling \| unenterprising \| united \| uniting \| vulturine \| vulturous \| wolfish \| work-shy See Also \| Parasitic In Webster's Dictionary \Par`asit"ic\, Parasitical \Par`asit"ical\, a. [L. parasiticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. parasitique.] 1. Of the nature of a parasite; fawning for food or favors; sycophantic. ``Parasitic preachers.'' --Milton. 2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to parasites; living on, or deriving nourishment from, some other living animal or plant. See {Parasite}, 2 & 3. {Parasitic gull}, {Parasitic jager}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Jager}. -- {Par`asit"ically}, adv. -- {Par`asit"ical*ness}, n.

Parasitic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Parasitic?

[adj] of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; "a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses"; "parasitic vines that strangle the trees"; "bloodsucking blackmailer"; "his indolent leechlike existence"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Parasitic: bloodsucking | dependent | leechlike | parasitical

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Parasitic In Webster's Dictionary

\Par`a*sit"ic\, Parasitical \Par`a*sit"ic*al\, a. [L.
parasiticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. parasitique.]
1. Of the nature of a parasite; fawning for food or favors;
   sycophantic. ``Parasitic preachers.'' --Milton.

2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to parasites; living
   on, or deriving nourishment from, some other living animal
   or plant. See {Parasite}, 2 & 3.

{Parasitic gull}, {Parasitic jager}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Jager}.
   -- {Par`a*sit"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Par`a*sit"ic*al*ness},
   n.

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