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- verb Present participle of
parasitize .
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Examples
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It turns out that the billions of A. m. capensis workers now parasitizing South African honeybee colonies are all descendants of a single worker that was buzzing around during 1990.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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Frenetic and over-the-top is absolutely essential to framing up the humans/Marines in their attempts at a tech-heavy solution; meanwhile the xenomorphs are perfectly adapted to their environment be they parasitizing it or not.
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Insects are masters at parasitizing other insects.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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The secret to parasitizing ants this way is creating illusions of smell.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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I hate doing this, but given the choice between going further into debt and parasitizing off the fiscally-panicked missus isn't what you'd call a choice.
Archive 2009-08-16 Sean Craven 2009
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The secret to parasitizing ants this way is creating illusions of smell.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Insects are masters at parasitizing other insects.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Insects are masters at parasitizing other insects.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Phylogeography of the circumpolar '' Paranoplocephala arctica '' species complex (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) parasitizing collared lemmings ( '' Dicrostonyx '' spp.).
Late-Quaternary changes in arctic terrestrial ecosystems, climate, and ultraviolet radiation levels 2009
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The secret to parasitizing ants this way is creating illusions of smell.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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