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parasitical

parasitical adjective: of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of a parasite; parasitic.

Adjective

parasitical (comparative more parasitical, superlative most parasitical)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of a parasite; parasitic.
    • The parasitical plants render the forests impassable in many places1826, 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

Forms of parasitical

comparativemore parasitical
superlativemost parasitical

Words formed from parasitical

Questions about parasitical

What does parasitical mean?
Parasitical means of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of a parasite; parasitic.
What part of speech is parasitical?
Parasitical is an adjective.

Words near parasitical in the dictionary

  1. parasitic element
  2. parasitic elements
  3. parasitic gap
  4. parasitic gaps
  5. parasitic jaeger
  6. parasitical
  7. parasitically
  8. parasiticalness
  9. parasiticidal
  10. parasiticide
  11. parasiticides

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