parasite : Idioms & Phrases
Egg parasite
(Zoöl.) , any small hymenopterous insect, which, in the larval stage, lives within the eggs of other insects. Many genera and species are known.
Webster 1913
malaria parasite
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noun parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans
Plasmodium vivax; plasmodium.
WordNet
parasite yew
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noun rare and endangered monoecious parasitic conifer of New Caledonia; parasitic on Falcatifolium taxoides
Parasitaxus ustus.
WordNet
pond-scum parasite
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noun an aquatic fungus of genus Synchytriaceae that is parasitic on pond scum
