Definitions for: Parasitic

[adj] of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; "a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses"; "parasitic vines that strangle the trees"; "bloodsucking blackmailer"; "his indolent leechlike existence"

Webster (1913) Definition: Par`a*sit"ic, Parasitical Par`a*sit"ic*al, a. [L.
parasiticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. parasitique.]
1. Of the nature of a parasite; fawning for food or favors;
sycophantic. ``Parasitic preachers.'' --Milton.

2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) 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. (Zo["o]l.) See Jager.
-- Par`a*sit"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Par`a*sit"ic*al*ness,
n.

Synonyms: bloodsucking, dependent, leechlike, parasitical

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