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parasitically
adverb
uk /ˌpær.əˈsɪt.ɪ.kəl.i/ us /ˌper.əˈsɪt̬.ɪ.kəl.i/
in a way that is typical of a plant or animal parasite(= an animal or plant that lives on or in another animal or plant of a different kind and feeds from it):
Occasionally, one fungus will parasitically eat another.
It refers to a kind of grass that grows parasitically on trees.
in a way that gets an advantage from the work or effort of other people without giving anything in return:
The master does not work but lives parasitically off the work of others.
Firms were able to grow parasitically, poaching already-trained consultants from each other.
The larvae parasitically feed on birds and mammals.
Rot is caused by fungi which live parasitically on cellulose.
Governments, rather than producing and selling services, live parasitically off the market and off society.
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