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Parasitism

noun
1.
The relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage).





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"Parasitism" Quotes from Famous Books



... Parasitism: a form of symbiosis in which one party lives upon or at the expense of the other, makes no return and destroys its ...
— Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology • John. B. Smith
... of his host's flesh, but contents himself with levying a tax on the foods which enter the cavity. It is a case of commensalism of which there are very numerous examples. Other cases may be mentioned which are still further removed from parasitism. Among these may be mentioned the birds who relieve ...
— The Industries of Animals • Frederic Houssay


Words linked to "Parasitism" :   interdependence, mutuality, interdependency


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