Chapter Parametritis to Paraventure of P by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

3. (Zoöl.) (a) 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. (b) An animal which steals the food of another, as the parasitic jager. (c) An animal which habitually uses the nest of another, as the cowbird and the European cuckoo.

Parasitic
(Par`a*sit"ic Par`a*sit"ic*al) a. [L. parasiticus, Gr. : cf. F. parasitique.]

1. Of the nature of a parasite; fawning for food or favors; sycophantic. "Parasitic preachers." Milton.

2. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to parasites; living on, or deriving nourishment from, some other living animal or plant. See Parasite, 2 & 3.

Parasitic gull, Parasitic jager. (Zoöl.) See Jager.

— Par`a*sit"ic*al*ly, adv. — Par`a*sit"ic*al*ness, n.

Parasiticide
(Par`a*sit"i*cide) n. [Parasite + L. caedere to kill.] Anything used to destroy parasites. Quain.

Parasitism
(Par"a*si`tism) n. [Cf. F. parasitisme.]

1. The state or behavior of a parasite; the act of a parasite. "Court parasitism." Milton.

2. (Bot. & Zoöl.)The state of being parasitic.

Parasol
(Par"a*sol`) n. [F., fr. Sp. or Pg. parasol, or It. parasole; It. parare to ward off, Sp. & Pg. parar (L. parare to prepare) + It. sole sun, Sp. & Pg. sol See Parry, Solar.] A kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from the sun.

Parasol
(Par"a*sol`), v. t. To shade as with a parasol. [R.]

Parasolette
(Par`a*sol*ette") n. A small parasol.

Parasphenoid
(Par`a*sphe"noid) a. [Pref. para- + sphenoid.] (Anat.) Near the sphenoid bone; - - applied especially to a bone situated immediately beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull in many animals. — n. The parasphenoid bone.

Parastichy
(Pa*ras"ti*chy) n. [Pref. para- + Gr. a row.] (Bot.) A secondary spiral in phyllotaxy, as one of the evident spirals in a pine cone.

Parasynaxis
(||Par`a*syn*ax"is) n. [L., fr. Gr. from to assemble illegally or secretly.] (Civil Law) An unlawful meeting.

Parasynthetic
(Par`a*syn*thet"ic) a. [Gr. . See Para-, and Synthetic.] Formed from a compound word. "Parasynthetic derivatives." Dr. Murray.

Paratactic
(Par`a*tac"tic) a. (Gram.) Of pertaining to, or characterized by, parataxis.

Parataxis
(||Par`a*tax"is) n. [NL., fr. Gr. a placing beside, fr. to place beside.] (Gram.) The mere ranging of propositions one after another, without indicating their connection or interdependence; — opposed to syntax. Brande & C.

Parathesis
(||Pa*rath"e*sis) n.; pl. Paratheses [NL., from Gr. a putting beside, from to put beside.]

1. (Gram.) The placing of two or more nouns in the same case; apposition.

2. (Rhet.) A parenthetical notice, usually of matter to be afterward expanded. Smart.