parasitic
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A tiny parasitic wasp - the Attenboroughnculus tau - was also named in his honour, although it is far from his first fauna namesake.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
"The entire case is parasitic on having to prove that foreign government officials engaged in serious human rights violations in their own countries," Gannon said.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
To test whether this pathway affects behavior outside the lab, the team studied mice infected with parasitic worms.
From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026
Researchers at UC San Francisco have now identified the biological pathway that links the gut's immune response to the brain during a parasitic infection.
From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026
It is important because many aquatic snails serve as hosts of dangerous parasitic worms that spend part of their life cycle in a mollusk, part in a human being.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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