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parasite

[par-uh-sahyt] / ˈpær əˌsaɪt /


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The Companion Animal Parasite Council believes its numbers are an undercount, estimating they are only capturing 30% of the parasite activity in a given geographic region.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2025

South Koreans have also won Emmys for television, Grammys for music and most recently, four Oscars for the film Parasite in 2020.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2025

The new Godzilla movie is the biggest international box-office sensation since Parasite.

From Slate • Jan. 9, 2024

Parasite densities, they noted, could change by as much as 100-fold during a six-hour span.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024

And in the play, which is entitled The Parasite, he says— A surly man should never be a parasite.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us




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