parasitize in English

verb
1
infest or exploit (an organism or part) as a parasite.
Entamoeba are unicellular eukaryotes that frequently parasitize vertebrate species including human.

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1. Certain plants, including mistletoe and dodder, parasitize other plants to obtain water and nutrients. Sentencedict.com

2. Livestock and pets can be afflicted with myiasis, when Botflies, blowflies, or screwflies parasitize them

3. They tend to be larger than Braconids, and none are small enough to parasitize aphids

4. Definition of Beneficials : organisms (such as ladybugs, lacewings, and bacteria) that feed on or parasitize pests of crops, gardens, and turf Examples of Beneficials in a Sentence Recent Examples on the Web …

5. Other parasites of the Wood Turtle include trematodes, an acanthocephalan, caddisfly larvae (an epibiont), and the flesh fly, Sarcophagus spp., which may parasitize eggs and hatchlings (Foscarini, 1994; Walde, 1998; Smith, 2002).