Both Uses of
parasitic
in
The Mill on the Floss
- Nature herself occasionally quarters an inconvenient parasite on an animal toward whom she has otherwise no ill will.†
Chpt 1.3 *
- We admire her care for the parasite.†
Chpt 1.3
Definition:
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(parasite) a species that lives on (or in) another species and eats from it without providing return benefit
or:
a person who lives off others' efforts without providing return benefit to them