单词	parasitize
释义	parasitize verb par·​a·​sit·​ize ˈper-ə-sə-ˌtiz  -ˌsī-, ˈpa-rə- parasitized; parasitizing transitive verb : to infest or live on or with as a parasite parasitization ˌper-ə-sə-tə-ˈzā-shən  -ˌsī- ˌpa-rə- noun Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web As science journalist Rachel Nuwer writes, as many as 40 to 50 percent of all animal species are parasites, and almost every other species has at least one parasite that has evolved to parasitize it. Laura Helmuth, Scientific American, 1 May 2022 But humans moved in and cut forests, essentially creating more plains, allowing cowbirds to move into more areas to parasitize more species. Val Cunningham Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 6 July 2021 These almost microscopic wasps emerge from the sandpaper-looking material and fly off to parasitize and destroy pest moth eggs. Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2021 Follow-up studies have shown the wasps can find beetles, parasitize them, and reproduce; in some trees, up to 80% of ash borer larvae have wasps living inside them. Gabriel Popkin, Science | AAAS, 12 Nov. 2020 All of the 50 or so species in the genus have larvae that are dependent on birds for their nutrition; to date they are known to parasitize over 150 birds, from hawks to hummingbirds. Popular Science, 20 Oct. 2020 The latest organisms that researchers have looked to are bacteria in the microbiomes of roundworms that parasitize insects (technically termed enteropathogenic nematodes). Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2019 The cage must provide protection against some predators but probably not against the wasps that parasitize it. Johnny Simon, Quartz, 8 Sep. 2019 The wasps parasitize the borers’ eggs to reduce the borer population, Teerling said. Alyssa Lukpat, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2019 See More Word History First Known Use 1872, in the meaning defined above Medical Definition parasitize transitive verb par·​a·​sit·​ize variants also British parasitise -sə-ˌtīz  -ˌsīt-ˌīz  parasitized also British parasitised; parasitizing also British parasitising : to infest or live on or with as a parasite
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