Scientists discover genomic exchange between a vampire-like parasitic plant and its host.
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Parasitic
//ˌpɛɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk//
Synonyms for "parasitic" (120 found)
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Strong matches (36)
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Synonyms
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1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 24 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- parasities adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
- parasities adj (drawing upon another organism for sustenance)
Armenian
2 entries- մակաբույծ adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
- մակաբույծ adj (drawing upon another organism for sustenance)
Bulgarian
1 entries- паразитен adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
Catalan
2 entries- parasitari adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
- paràsit adj (drawing upon another organism for sustenance)
Czech
2 entries- cizopasný adj (drawing upon another organism for sustenance)
- parazitní adj (drawing upon another organism for sustenance)
Dutch
4 entries- parasitair adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
- parasitair adj (drawing upon another organism for sustenance)
- parasitair adj (exploiting another for personal gain)
- parasitisch adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
Esperanto
1 entries- parazita adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
Finnish
2 entries- lois adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
- lois adj (drawing upon another organism for sustenance)
German
3 entries- parasitär adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
- parasitär adj (drawing upon another organism for sustenance)
- parasitär adj (exploiting another for personal gain)
Greek
2 entries- παρασιτικός adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
- παρασιτικός adj (exploiting another for personal gain)
Hindi
3 entries- परजीवी adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
- परजीवी adj (drawing upon another organism for sustenance)
- परजैविक adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
Ido
3 entries- parazita adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
- parazitala adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
- parazitatra adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
Kazakh
1 entries- паразиттік adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
Māori
3 entries- parakūkā adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
- pirinoa adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
- pirinoa adj (drawing upon another organism for sustenance)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- parasittisk adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
- parasittær adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- parasittisk adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
- parasittær adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
Occitan
2 entries- parasit adj (drawing upon another organism for sustenance)
- parasitari adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
Polish
1 entries- pasożytniczy adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
Portuguese
1 entries- parasita adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
Romanian
2 entries- parazitar adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
- parazitar adj (drawing upon another organism for sustenance)
Russian
1 entries- паразити́ческий adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
Spanish
4 entries- parasitario adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
- parasitario adj (drawing upon another organism for sustenance)
- parasítico adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
- parásito adj (drawing upon another organism for sustenance)
Swedish
2 entries- parasitisk adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
- parasitär adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
Tagalog
1 entries- sasandigin adj (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
These are parasitic wasps.
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The cookiecutter shark is the only type of parasitic shark.
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Twenty million dollars are spent each year to fight this parasitic pest.
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