Definition of Parasitically. Meaning of Parasitically. Synonyms of Parasitically

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Parasitically. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Parasitically and, of course, Parasitically synonyms and on the right images related to the word Parasitically.

Definition of Parasitically

Parasitically
Parasitic Par`a*sit"ic, Parasitical Par`a*sit"ic*al, a. [L. parasiticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. parasitique.] 1. Of the nature of a parasite; fawning for food or favors; sycophantic. ``Parasitic preachers.' --Milton. 2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) 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. (Zo["o]l.) See Jager. -- Par`a*sit"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Par`a*sit"ic*al*ness, n.

Meaning of Parasitically from wikipedia

- and the broomrapes. There are six major parasitic strategies of exploitation of animal hosts, namely parasitic castration, directly transmitted parasitism...
- A parasitic plant is a plant that derives some or all of its nutritional requirements from another living plant. They make up about 1% of angiosperms...
- Parasitic load or parasitic loss may refer to in internal combustion engines, it refers to devices that take energy from the engine in order to enhance...
- A parasitic cone (also adventive cone or satellite cone) is the cone-shaped ac****ulation of volcanic material not part of the central vent of a volcano...
- barnacle parasites of crustaceans. For example, 18 species of trematodes parasitically castrate the California horn snail, Cerithidea californica. Certain...
- A parasitic disease, also known as parasitosis, is an infectious disease caused by parasites.[citation needed] Parasites are organisms which derive sustenance...
- In generative grammar, a parasitic gap is a construction in which one gap appears to be dependent on another gap. Thus, the one gap can appear only by...
- The parasitic jaeger (North America) or Arctic skua (Europe) (Stercorarius parasiticus), is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migratory...
- Parasitic oscillation is an undesirable electronic oscillation (cyclic variation in output voltage or current) in an electronic or digital device. It...
- A parasitic twin, also known as an asymmetrical twin or unequal conjoined twin, occurs when a twin embryo begins developing in utero, but the pair does...