The word parasite is derived from the Latin form of the Greek word, meaning “one who eats at

the table of another”. Parasitism is generally defined as a relationship between the two living
species in which one organism is benefitted at the expense of the other. The organism that is
benefitted is called the parasite, while the one that is harmed is called the host.

A few examples of parasites are tapeworms, fleas, and barnacles. Tapeworms are flatworms
that are found attached to the insides of the intestines of animals such as cows, pigs, etc.. They
feed on the host’s partly digested food, depriving it of the nutrients.

“Parasitism is defined as the relationship between different species in which one organism lives
on or in the other organism and benefits from it by causing some harm.”

Small green insects called aphids, parasitize plants by eating their sap.
The organisms that parasitize humans include fungi, leeches, lice, viruses, protozoa, tapeworm,
etc.
Parasitism is very common in insects. Entomophagous parasites attack larva and young
insects. A few insects deposit their eggs within the body of the larva of other insect species.
When the eggs hatch, the young one eats the larva and derives nutrition from it.

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