parasite -
n. 1 an organism living in or on another and benefiting at the expense of the
other.
2 a person who lives off or exploits another or others.
3 Philol. an inorganic sound or letter developing from an adjacent one.
parasitic adj. parasitical adj. parasitically adv. parasiticide n. parasitism n. parasitology n. parasitologist n. [L parasitus f. Gk parasitos one who eats at another's table (as PARA-(1), sitos food)]
