| parasitical | 1. Of the nature of a parasite; fawning for food or favors; sycophantic. "Parasitic preachers." 2. <botany> 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. <zoology> See Jager. Parasit"ically, Parasit"icalness. Origin: L. Parasiticus, Gr., cf. F. Parasitique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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