par·a·site ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pr-st)
n.
Biology.
1. An organism that grows, feeds, and is sheltered on or in a different organism while contributing nothing to the survival of its host
2. In conjoined twins, the usually incomplete twin that derives its support from the more nearly normal fetus.
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