Parasitic
//ˌpɛɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk//
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The word "parasitic" can be used as adjective, adjective and noun.
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alloparasitic antiparasitic autoparasitic biparasitic brood-parasitic chemicoparasitic circumparasitic ectoparasitic endoparasitic entomoparasitic epiparasitic extraparasitic haemoparasitic hemiparasitic hemoparasitic holoparasitic hyperparasitic imparasitic intraparasitic kleptoparasitic macroparasitic mesoparasitic microparasitic monoparasitic multiparasitic mycoparasitic neuroparasitic nonparasitic parasitic drag parasitic element parasitic gap parasitical parasitically parasiticalness periparasitic phytoparasitic polyparasitic postparasitic preparasitic self-parasitic semiparasitic superparasitic uniparasitic unparasitic xenoparasitic zooparasitic zoöparasitic
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