Parasite



noun
1.
(វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) បារ៉ាស៊ីត, សត្វចង្រៃ
  • malarial parasite
    - ប៉ារ៉ាស៊ីតបង្កជំងឺគ្រុនចាញ់
  • parasite count
    - ការរាប់អតិសុខុមប្រាណ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
One who frequents the tables of the rich, or who lives at another's expense, and earns his welcome by flattery; a hanger-on; a toady; a sycophant.
2.
A plant obtaining nourishment immediately from other plants to which it attaches itself, and whose juices it absorbs; -- sometimes, but erroneously, called epiphyte.
3.
A plant living on or within an animal, and supported at its expense, as many species of fungi of the genus Torrubia.
4.
An animal which lives during the whole or part of its existence on or in the body of some other animal, feeding upon its food, blood, or tissues, as lice, tapeworms, etc.
5.
An animal which steals the food of another, as the parasitic jager.
6.
An animal which habitually uses the nest of another, as the cowbird and the European cuckoo.