Question

What are parasites short answer?

Answer 1

Answer:

A parasite is an organism that lives on or in a host organism and gets its food from or at the expense of its host. There are three main classes of parasites that can cause disease in humans: protozoa, helminths, and ectoparasites.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Parasites are organisms that obtain it's nutrition by growing on other organisms

OR

the organisms which depend on other living organisms for their food are called parasites.

Ex.Cascuta