- parasite - an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); the parasite obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host
--1 is a kind of organism, being
Antonyms: host
--1 has particulars:endoparasite, entoparasite, entozoan, entozoon, endozoan; ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon; parasitic plant - leech, parasite, sponge, sponger - a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
--2 is a kind of follower