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Webster 1913 Edition
Parasita
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Parˊa-si′ta
(părˊȧ-sī′tȧ)
, Noun.
pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
(a)
An artificial group formerly made for parasitic insects, as lice, ticks, mites, etc.
(b)
A division of copepod Crustacea, having a sucking mouth, as the lerneans. They are mostly parasites on fishes. Called also .
Siphonostomata