Tamil Meaning of parasite
ஒட்டுண்ணி
Other Tamil words related to ஒட்டுண்ணி
Nearest Words of parasite
- parasite yew => ஒட்டுண்ணி யூ
- parasitemia => பாராசிட்டீமியா
- parasitic => பராசக்தி
- parasitic jaeger => ஒட்டுண்ணி ஜேஜர்
- parasitic plant => ஒட்டுண்ணித் தாவரம்
- parasitic worm => ஒட்டுண்ணி புழு
- parasitical => ஒட்டுண்ணி
- parasitically => ஒட்டுண்ணித்தனமாக
- parasiticidal => பரவுண்ணிநாசினி
- parasiticide => புழுக்கொல்லி
Definitions and Meaning of parasite in English
parasite (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
a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
parasite (n.)
One who frequents the tables of the rich, or who lives at another's expense, and earns his welcome by flattery; a hanger-on; a toady; a sycophant.
A plant obtaining nourishment immediately from other plants to which it attaches itself, and whose juices it absorbs; -- sometimes, but erroneously, called epiphyte.
A plant living on or within an animal, and supported at its expense, as many species of fungi of the genus Torrubia.
An animal which lives during the whole or part of its existence on or in the body of some other animal, feeding upon its food, blood, or tissues, as lice, tapeworms, etc.
An animal which steals the food of another, as the parasitic jager.
An animal which habitually uses the nest of another, as the cowbird and the European cuckoo.
FAQs About the word parasite
ஒட்டுண்ணி
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, a follower
ரத்தக் குடிப்பான்,சார்புடைய,அமுதுண்டு முழங்குவோன்,சார்ந்தவர்,அடியாள்,அட்டை,சோம்பேறி,ஸ்பாஞ்ச்,சோம்பேறி,ஃப்ரீ ரைடர்
உபகாரி,ஆதரவாளர்,இரக்க குணம்
parasitaxus ustus => பராசிடாக்சஸ் உஸ்டஸ், parasitaxus => பாரசைடாக்சஸ், parasital => ஒட்டுண்ணி, parasitaemia => ஒட்டுண்ணி இரத்தம், parasita => ஒட்டுண்ணி,