parasitic
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Parasitic twins form when one foetus partially develops while attached to the other.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025
Parasitic worms transmitted through soil wreak havoc in developing countries in the tropics.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2024
Parasitic populations According to a groundbreaking new study that analyzed 85 parasitic species, the majority of them suffered population declines over 140 years.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023
Parasitic protists are responsible for some of the world’s most deadly diseases, including several kinds of debilitating intestinal diseases, African sleeping sickness, and malaria.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018
Parasitic fungi decrease migration in so far as they affect seed production.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra
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