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Parasite (health) and Trochus (medicine)


Parasite (health)


An organism that lives on or in the tissues of another organism and draws its nourishment from the host.





Trochus (medicine)


trochus
<zoology> Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells belonging to Trochus and many allied genera of the family Trochidae. Some of the species are called also topshells.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A wheel.

Source: Websters Dictionary