A royalist who publicly called for a military intervention to protect the parasite monarchy.

Of all the corrupting effects of wealth there is none worse than this, that it makes the wealthy (and their parasites) think in some way divine, or at least a lovely character of the mind, what is in truth nothing but their power of luxurious living.

It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.

Lice, fleas, ticks and mites are widely spread parasites.

[…] parasiting and aerial refueling as range-extension measures. Second, parasiting would be exorbitantly expensive, because each parasite bomber would need its own carrier. Two bombers could be serviced by a single tanker, however,[…]

... parasiting upon her husband, taking everything and giving nothing in return, this woman had brought her husband to a condition of serious ill health because of his grief, anxiety, and despair over her failure.

1961, The Smuts of the Genus Cintractia Parasiting Kobresia Species:

1997, Erik Sterud, Flagellates of the Genus Spironucleus Lavier, 1936 (Diplomonadida: Hexamitidae) Parasiting Farmed and Feral Fish in Norway, →ISBN:

... parasiting Google, but as is the case with Microsoft's street art advertisements, the relationship is not a stable one. Using a Google map platform to track his work means sharing his location data with the corporation.

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