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单词 pseudoparasite
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pseudoparasite
pseudoparasite n.
Brit. /ˌs(j)uːdə(ʊ)ˈparəsʌɪt/
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U.S. /ˌsudoʊˈpɛrəˌsaɪt/
Biology an organism whose presence within another is interpreted as parasitic but which is only present by accident; (formerly also) †a hemiparasite, an organism apparently but not strictly parasitic, such as an epiphyte or saprophyte (obsolete).
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1851 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 8) 313/1 Ectozoa, a term which, like Helminthia erratica and Pseudohelminthes, is applied to worms or larves of insects that have been introduced into the intestinal canal by accident.]
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 84 Pseudo-parasites are those parasites which only casually happen upon man, because they here find moisture, warmth, and organic substances in decomposition.
1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 245 Those Protophytes which contain chlorophyll live chiefly in water, or at least in damp localities, sometimes as pseudo-parasites.
1968 F. L. Dunn in R. B. Lee & I. De Vore Man the Hunter xxiii. 222 Because of the extraordinary state of preservation of certain pseudoparasites—mites and nematodes—we were able to conclude..that the ancient people represented by these specimens were in fact free of a whole series of intestinal helminths.
1990 Arch. Pathol. & Lab. Med. 114 981 The worms were identified as Paragordius varius. This is an uncommon pseudoparasite that is ingested from contaminated food or water.
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