PARASITIC; PARASITICAL

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Of the nature of a parasite; fawning for food or favors; sycophantic. "Parasitic preachers." Milton.

2.
a.

Of or pertaining to parasites; living on, or deriving nourishment from, some other living animal or plant. See Parasite, 2 & 3. Parasitic gull, Parasitic jager. (Zoöl.) See Jager. -- Par`a*sit"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Par`a*sit"ic*al*ness, n.

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