Organism that lives off another

While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Organism that lives off another crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on May 15 2023 NYT Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Organism that lives off another has a total of 8 letters.

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Definition

•	One who frequents the tables of the rich, or who lives at another's expense, and earns his welcome by flattery; a hanger-on; a toady; a sycophant.
•	A plant obtaining nourishment immediately from other plants to which it attaches itself, and whose juices it absorbs; -- sometimes, but erroneously, called epiphyte.
•	A plant living on or within an animal, and supported at its expense, as many species of fungi of the genus Torrubia.
•	An animal which lives during the whole or part of its existence on or in the body of some other animal, feeding upon its food, blood, or tissues, as lice, tapeworms, etc.
•	An animal which steals the food of another, as the parasitic jager.
•	An animal which habitually uses the nest of another, as the cowbird and the European cuckoo.

The word PARASITE is a 8 letter word that has 3 syllable's. The syllable division for PARASITE is: par-a-site

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