parasite
Noun
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referred to in: flora, plant, plant life - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotionis a type of: being, organism - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independentlysubtypes:
- endoparasite, endozoan, entoparasite, entozoan, entozoon - any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms)
- ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon - any external parasitic organism (as fleas)
- parasitic plant - plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it
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is a type of: follower - a person who accepts the leadership of another
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