Both Uses of
parasitic
in
Oryx and Crake
- Living in a cave, fighting off the body parasites, gnawing the odd bone.†
p. 201.5
- A tiny parasitic wasp had invaded several ChickieNobs installations, carrying a modified form of chicken pox, specific to the ChickieNob and fatal to it.†
p. 216.1 *
Definition:
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
or:
a person who lives off others' efforts without providing return benefit to them