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parasitical en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of a parasite; parasitic.
   • Unconventional, circulating, parasitical, the rogue state that is the essence of American empire enters the political bloodstream of world terrorism . . . 2005, Stephen J. Pfohl, Culture, Power, and History:
   • The parasitical plants render the forests impassable in many places 1826, Conrad Malte-Brun, Universal Geography:

Forms

Deriveds

antiparasitical · parasiticalness · mycoparasitical · unparasitical · hyperparasitical