n. 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
词态变化
复数形式:parasites
常见例句
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n phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms
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n soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites
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n parasites of worms
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a of parasites especially rust fungi
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n an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma
