Tamil Meaning of parasite

ஒட்டுண்ணி

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Definitions and Meaning of parasite in English

Wordnet

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

Webster

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

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parasitaxus ustus => பராசிடாக்சஸ் உஸ்டஸ், parasitaxus => பாரசைடாக்சஸ், parasital => ஒட்டுண்ணி, parasitaemia => ஒட்டுண்ணி இரத்தம், parasita => ஒட்டுண்ணி,