| parasiticide |
A chemical or agent used to kill or repel parasites.
Ãâó: www.purplemartin.org/main/Terminology.html
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| parasitism |
An obligatory symbiosis between individuals of two different species, in which the parasite is metabolically dependent on the host, and in which the host is typically adversely affected but rarely killed
Ãâó: www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/end_species/es_gloss/es_gl...
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| parasitism |
similar to predation in that one species benefits from the relationship and the other is harmed; differs from predation in that parasitism generally not fatal to adversely affected organism.
Ãâó: www.estuaries.gov/glossary.html
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| parasitize |
an animal that lives at the expense of another animal The brown-headed cowbird is a nest parasite that relies on other birds to raise its young.
Ãâó: www.inhs.uiuc.edu/chf/pub/virtualbird/glossary.htm...
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| parasitism |
An interaction in which one organism feeds on another organism, harming (but generally not killing) it.
Ãâó: www.sustainableag.net/glossary_j-q.htm
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