Definition of Parasitizing

1. Verb. (present participle of parasitize) ¹

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Definition of Parasitizing

1. parasitize [v] - See also: parasitize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parasitizing

parasiticides
parasitics
parasitisation
parasitisations
parasitise
parasitised
parasitises
parasitising
parasitism
parasitisms
parasitization
parasitizations
parasitize
parasitized
parasitizes
parasitizing (current term)
parasitocenose
parasitogenesis
parasitogenic
parasitoid
parasitoidal
parasitoids
parasitologic
parasitological
parasitologically
parasitologies
parasitologist
parasitologists
parasitology
parasitome

Literary usage of Parasitizing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biological Control of Insects and Mites: An Introduction to Beneficial by Daniel L. Mahr, Nino M. Ridgway (1993)
"A Trichogramma minutum wasp parasitizing a moth egg. ADDITIONAL GROUPS OF WASPS The following groups ol wasps are of some importance in natural control ..."

2. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"Plant Disease Reporter. 63:532-535. Mathiasen, RL 1979b. Distribution and effect of dwarf mistletoes parasitizing Pinus ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"... four specimens were as strongly attracted by empty egg shells as by the unhatched eggs suitable for parasitizing. 5. Between two and three minutes are ..."

4. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1901)
"Marchal found the present species during the month of May, in the pond of Trivaux, Meudon, near Paris, also parasitizing the eggs of Gerris, ..."

5. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1911)
"A further interesting case of Mermis parasitizing ant larvae was described by Wheeler ('io), in which case the worker larvae of Pheidole commutata were ..."

6. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"This must be attributed to the fact that the parasitizing species live in affluence and are no longer required to take part in the arduous and exacting ..."

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