Parasitic

(par-as-it'-ik). In biology, of, or pertaining to, a parasite; holding the position of a parasite. In ornithology, applied to such birds as deposit their eggs in the nests of other birds, to which are left the duties of incubation and care of the young (e. g., the European cuckow, Cuculus can or us, Linne, the American Cow Black-bird, Afolobrus pecoris); also to such birds as obtain their food by systematically robbing other species (e.g., the Parasitic Jaeger, Stercorarius parasitic us and the Bald Eagle, Halitetus leucocephalus). P. Castration, sterility in plant or animal induced by a parasite. P. Disease, one due to the presence of parasites. P. Hemoptysis, hemoptysis a ociated with cough, due to the presence of a trematode, or fluke, the Distoma ringer i in the bronchial tubes. It is a disease of China, Japan, and Formosa. See Parasites (Animal), Table of. P. Male, applied to the male of certain invertebrates which lives upon, and is nourished by, the female; e. g., the microscopic male of the crustacean Lerncza, which becomes practically a spermatophore, and the diminutive Turbellaria-WVe ciliated male of the vermian Bonellia, which establishes itself upon the sexual organs of the female. P. Plant, a plant deriving its nourishment from another plant or from another organism; a bacterium. P. Twin, an auto site.