English words for 'parasitic chiefly on horses'
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adj
- relating to or caused by parasites
- of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another
- of or pertaining to epenthesis
- Of or pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.
- (law) Of emotional damages: accompanying a physical or pecuniary injury.
- Drawing upon another organism for sustenance.
- Exploiting another for personal gain.
noun
noun
- a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings
- (rare) A nest-building female American coot (counterpart to cooter).
- (rare, slang) A sideswiper, a type of telegraph key.
- (Canada, US, Australia, colloquial, childish, usually in the plural) Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children).
noun
- (pathology) Any disease in animals caused by parasites of the genus Giardia.
- (pathology) An infectious diarrheal disease in humans and mammals caused by the Giardia duodenalis parasite.
- infection of the intestines with protozoa found in contaminated food and water; characterized by diarrhea and nausea and flatulence and abdominal discomfort
noun
- any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings
- (informal) Any bacterium of the order Rickettsiales.
- Any of a group of gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Rickettsia, carried as parasites by ticks, fleas and lice, that cause typhus and other diseases.
noun
- a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings
- (rare) A nest-building female American coot (counterpart to cooter).
- (rare, slang) A sideswiper, a type of telegraph key.
- (Canada, US, Australia, colloquial, childish, usually in the plural) Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children).
noun
- (pathology) Any disease in animals caused by parasites of the genus Giardia.
- (pathology) An infectious diarrheal disease in humans and mammals caused by the Giardia duodenalis parasite.
- infection of the intestines with protozoa found in contaminated food and water; characterized by diarrhea and nausea and flatulence and abdominal discomfort
noun
- any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings
- (informal) Any bacterium of the order Rickettsiales.
- Any of a group of gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Rickettsia, carried as parasites by ticks, fleas and lice, that cause typhus and other diseases.
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adj
- relating to or caused by parasites
- of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another
- of or pertaining to epenthesis
- Of or pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.
- (law) Of emotional damages: accompanying a physical or pecuniary injury.
- Drawing upon another organism for sustenance.
- Exploiting another for personal gain.