parasitical

Etymology

adj

  1. of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of a parasite; parasitic
    The parasitical plants render the forests impassable in many places 1826, Conrad Malte-Brun, Universal Geography
    Unconventional, circulating, parasitical, the rogue state that is the essence of American empire enters the political bloodstream of world terrorism . . . 2005, Stephen J. Pfohl, Culture, Power, and History

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