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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Par·a·sit·ic Par·a·sit·ic·al a.
 1. Of the nature of a parasite; having the habits of a parasite; fawning for food or favors; sycophantic. “Parasitic preachers.”
 Syn: -- leechlike, bloodsucking.
 2. Bot. & Zool. Of or pertaining to parasites; living on, or deriving nourishment from, some other living animal or plant. See Parasite, 2 & 3.
 Parasitic gull, Parasitic jager. Zool. See Jager.
 -- Par*a*sit*ic*al*ly, adv. -- Par*a*sit*ic*al*ness, n.
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