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"english": "doing no noticeable harm",
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"ref": "1902, Hilaire Belloc, The Path to Rome",
"text": "Of all the corrupting effects of wealth there is none worse than this, that it makes the wealthy (and their parasites) think in some way divine, or at least a lovely character of the mind, what is in truth nothing but their power of luxurious living.",
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"word": "պորտաբույծ"
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"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"word": "ကပ်ပါး"
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"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
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"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"word": "寄生蟲"
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"word": "食客"
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"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
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"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
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"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
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"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
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"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
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"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
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"code": "ckb",
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"roman": "mşexor",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"word": "مشەخۆر"
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"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
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"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
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"word": "طفیلی"
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"word": "нахле́бник"
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"masculine"
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"Roman",
"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
],
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"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parazit"
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"masculine"
],
"word": "parásito"
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"common-gender"
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"roman": "parazýt",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "парази́т"
},
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"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "дармої́д"
}
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"text": "Lice, fleas, ticks, and mites are widely spread parasites.",
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},
{
"ref": "2013 March 16, Harold J. Morowitz, “The Smallest Cell”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 2017-01-04, page 83",
"text": "It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.",
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "parasiet"
},
{
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parazit"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭufīl",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "طُفِيل"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "makabuyc",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "մակաբույծ"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parásitu"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "parazit"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "tüfeyli"
},
{
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "tüfeyl"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "parazít",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "паразі́т"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "porjibi",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "পরজীবী"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "parazít",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "парази́т"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "kappa:",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "ကပ်ပါး"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paràsit"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jìshēngwù",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "寄生物"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "寄生蟲"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jìshēngchóng",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "寄生虫"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cizopasník"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parazit"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "parasit"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "parasiet"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "parazito"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "parasiit"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "loinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parasite"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parasit"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parásito"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗaraziṭi",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "პარაზიტი"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schmarotzer"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Parasit"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "parásito",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "παράσιτο"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tapil",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "טַפִּיל"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "parazít",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "פָּרָזִיט"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "parjīvī",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "परजीवी"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "élősködő"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "parazita"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sníkill"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sníkjudýr"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "parazito"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "seadán"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parassita"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"alt": "きせいちゅう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kiseichū",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "寄生虫"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"alt": "きせいぶつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kiseibutsu",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "寄生物"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "parazit",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "паразит"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "paʼraasət",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "បរាសិត"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "km",
"english": "parasitic plant",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "baññaə kʼaek",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "បញ្ញើក្អែក"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"alt": "寄生蟲",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gisaengchung",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "기생충"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"alt": "寄生物",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gisaengmul",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "기생물"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "çillkawxor",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "چڵکاوخۆر"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "parazit",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "паразит"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parasitus"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parazīts"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parazitas"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "parazit",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "паразит"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "parasit"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "pirinoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parasitt"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parasitt"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "tufeyl",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "طفیل"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "tufeyli",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "طفیلی"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "angal",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "انگل"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "pms",
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parassit"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pasożyt"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "parasita"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "verme"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parazit"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "parazít",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "парази́т"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "на́метнӣк"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "пара̀зӣт"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "námetnīk"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "paràzīt"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parazit"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parazit"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parásito"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 77 5 4 7",
"code": "sw",
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"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "kimelea"
},
{
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
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"word": "parasit"
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"word": "parasiet"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭufayliyy",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "طُفَيْلِيّ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "portabuyc",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"word": "պորտաբույծ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "jriaker",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"word": "ձրիակեր"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parásitu"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"word": "müftəxor"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"word": "müftə yiyən"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "parazít",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "паразі́т"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "darmajéd",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дармае́д"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "parazít",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "парази́т"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "kappa:",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"word": "ကပ်ပါး"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paràsit"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"word": "寄生蟲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jìshēngchóng",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"word": "寄生虫"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shíkè",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"word": "食客"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parazit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "příživník"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parasit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "parasiet"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "profiteur"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"word": "parasiitti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parasite"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "profiteur"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parásito"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Parasit"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "parásito",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "παράσιτο"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "parásitos",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "παράσιτος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "parazít",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "פָּרָזִיט"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"word": "élősködő"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"word": "parazita"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sníkjudýr"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "afæta"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "péist"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diúgaire"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "súmaire"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sceartán"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "siolpaire"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trumpa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parassita"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "mşexor",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"word": "مشەخۆر"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parasītus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "parasīta"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "parazit",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "паразит"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"word": "bendalu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"word": "parakūkā"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"word": "kaitahaumu"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parasitt"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "tufeyli",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"word": "طفیلی"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "uyuntu",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"word": "اویونتی"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "uyuntu",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"word": "اویونتو"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pasożyt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "darmozjad"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "parasita"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parazit"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "parazită"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "parazít",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "парази́т"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naxlébnik",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "нахле́бник"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tunejádec",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тунея́дец"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "darmojéd",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дармое́д"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priživál",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "прижива́л"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "гото̀ва̄н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "гото̀ва̄нка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "на́метнӣк"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "пара̀зӣт"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "gotòvān"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "gotòvānka"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "námetnīk"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "paràzīt"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parazit"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "príživník"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parazit"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parásito"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "parasit"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "parazýt",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "парази́т"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "darmojíd",
"sense": "useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дармої́д"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "parasiet"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parazit"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭufīl",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "طُفِيل"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "makabuyc",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "մակաբույծ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parásitu"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "parazit"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "tüfeyli"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "tüfeyl"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "parazít",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "паразі́т"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "porjibi",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "পরজীবী"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "parazít",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "парази́т"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "kappa:",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "ကပ်ပါး"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paràsit"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jìshēngwù",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "寄生物"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "寄生蟲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jìshēngchóng",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "寄生虫"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cizopasník"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parazit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "parasit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "parasiet"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "parazito"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "parasiit"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "loinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parasite"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parasit"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parásito"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗaraziṭi",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "პარაზიტი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schmarotzer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Parasit"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "parásito",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "παράσιτο"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tapil",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "טַפִּיל"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "parazít",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "פָּרָזִיט"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "parjīvī",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "परजीवी"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "élősködő"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "parazita"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sníkill"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sníkjudýr"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "parazito"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "seadán"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
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"word": "parassita"
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"alt": "きせいちゅう",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "kiseichū",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "寄生虫"
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"alt": "きせいぶつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kiseibutsu",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "寄生物"
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"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "parazit",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "паразит"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "paʼraasət",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "បរាសិត"
},
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"code": "km",
"english": "parasitic plant",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "baññaə kʼaek",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "បញ្ញើក្អែក"
},
{
"alt": "寄生蟲",
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "gisaengchung",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "기생충"
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"alt": "寄生物",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gisaengmul",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "기생물"
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"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "çillkawxor",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "چڵکاوخۆر"
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"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "parazit",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "паразит"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "parazīts"
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "parazitas"
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "parazit",
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "parasit"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "pirinoa"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "parasitt"
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "tufeyl",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "طفیل"
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{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "tufeyli",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "طفیلی"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "angal",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "انگل"
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{
"code": "pms",
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "parassit"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "pasożyt"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
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"word": "parasita"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "parazit"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "parazít",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "парази́т"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "на́метнӣк"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
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"masculine"
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"word": "пара̀зӣт"
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"code": "sh",
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"word": "paràzīt"
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"code": "sk",
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"code": "sl",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "parazit"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
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"masculine"
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"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "kimelea"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "parasit"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "sasandig"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "parasito"
},
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"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "parazit",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "паразит"
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"code": "tg",
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"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "ангал"
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{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "parānnajīvi",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "పరాన్నజీవి"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bpà-rá-sìt",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "ปรสิต"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "parazit"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "asalak"
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"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "parazit"
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"code": "uk",
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"masculine"
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"code": "uz",
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"word": "parazit"
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"alt": "寄生蟲",
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"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "kí sinh trùng"
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"alt": "物寄生",
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"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "vật ký sinh"
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"code": "vo",
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"sense": "(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism",
"word": "parasit"
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"code": "cy",
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"word": "arfilyn"
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"ref": "2021 June 8, Macs Smith, Paris and the Parasite: Noise, Health, and Politics in the Media City, MIT Press",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-17 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-01 using wiktextract (0b52755 and 5cb0836). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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