Ectoparasite :: Ectoparasite (n.) Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals; -- opposed to endoparasite.

Endoparasite :: Endoparasite (n.) Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; -- opposed to ectoparasite. See Entozoon..

Parasang :: Parasang (n.) A Persian measure of length, which, according to Herodotus and Xenophon, was thirty stadia, or somewhat more than three and a half miles. The measure varied in different times and places, and, as now used, is estimated at from three and a half to four English miles..

Parascenia :: Parascenia (pl. ) of Parasceniu.

Parascenium :: Parascenium (n.) One of two apartments adjoining the stage, probably used as robing rooms..

Parasceve :: Parasceve (n.) Among the Jews, the evening before the Sabbath..

Parasceve :: Parasceve (n.) A preparation.

Paraschematic :: Paraschematic (a.) Of or pertaining to a change from the right form, as in the formation of a word from another by a change of termination, gender, etc..

Paraselenae :: Paraselenae (pl. ) of Paraselen.

Paraselene :: Paraselene (n.) A mock moon; an image of the moon which sometimes appears at the point of intersection of two lunar halos. Cf. Parhelion.

Parasita :: Parasita (n. pl.) An artificial group formerly made for parasitic insects, as lice, ticks, mites, etc..

Parasita :: Parasita (n. pl.) A division of copepod Crustacea, having a sucking mouth, as the lerneans. They are mostly parasites on fishes. Called also Siphonostomata..

Parasital :: Parasital (a.) Of or pertaining to parasites; parasitic.

Parasite :: Parasite (n.) One who frequents the tables of the rich, or who lives at another's expense, and earns his welcome by flattery; a hanger-on; a toady; a sycophant..

Parasite :: Parasite (n.) A plant obtaining nourishment immediately from other plants to which it attaches itself, and whose juices it absorbs; -- sometimes, but erroneously, called epiphyte..

Parasite :: Parasite (n.) A plant living on or within an animal, and supported at its expense, as many species of fungi of the genus Torrubia..

Parasite :: Parasite (n.) An animal which lives during the whole or part of its existence on or in the body of some other animal, feeding upon its food, blood, or tissues, as lice, tapeworms, etc..

Parasite :: Parasite (n.) An animal which steals the food of another, as the parasitic jager..

Parasite :: Parasite (n.) An animal which habitually uses the nest of another, as the cowbird and the European cuckoo..

Parasitic :: Parasitic (a.) Alt. of Parasitica.

Parasitical :: Parasitical (a.) Of the nature of a parasite; fawning for food or favors; sycophantic.

Parasitical :: Parasitical (a.) Of or pertaining to parasites; living on, or deriving nourishment from, some other living animal or plant. See Parasite, 2 & 3..

Parasiticide :: Parasiticide (n.) Anything used to destroy parasites.

Parasitism :: Parasitism (n.) The state or behavior of a parasite; the act of a parasite.

Parasitism :: Parasitism (n.) The state of being parasitic.

Parasol :: Parasol (n.) A kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from the sun.

Parasol :: Parasol (v. t.) To shade as with a parasol.

Parasolette :: Parasolette (n.) A small parasol.

Parasphenoid :: Parasphenoid (a.) Near the sphenoid bone; -- applied especially to a bone situated immediately beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull in many animals.

Parasphenoid :: Parasphenoid (n.) The parasphenoid bone.

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