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Re: Mini Auction - 6273 - Rock Island Refuge
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 9 Mar 1999 18:53:24 GMT
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c576653@cclabs.missouri!IHateSpam!.edu
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Steve Scott wrote:
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> par.a.site - any organism that grows, feeds and is sheltered in or on a
> different organism while contributing nothing to the survival of its host.
From Merriam-Webster at http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/mweb:
Main Entry: par·a·site
Pronunciation: 'par-&-"sIt
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French, from Latin parasitus, from Greek parasitos,
from para- + sitos grain, food
Date: 1539
1 : a person who exploits the hospitality of the rich and earns welcome
by flattery
2 : an organism living in, with, or on another organism in parasitism
3 : something that resembles a biological parasite in dependence on
something else for existence or support without making a useful or
adequate return
- par·a·sit·ic /"par-&-'si-tik/ also par·a·sit·i·cal /-ti-k&l/ adjective
- par·a·sit·i·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb
(I've omitted the synonyms.)
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Sincerely,
Christopher L. Weeks
central Missouri, USA
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| Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <36DF1196.434E01DB@v...er.net>... (...) Wouldn't be the same witout (cue) you Larry :) (...) my (...) Thanks for the generous contribution to my TLA legend. (...) par.a.site - any organism that grows, feeds and is (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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