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Definitions: PARASITA |
PARASITANoun plural1. A division of copepod Crustacea, having a sucking mouth, as the lerneans. They are mostly parasites on fishes. Called also Siphonostomata. 2. An artificial group formerly made for parasitic insects, as lice, ticks, mites, etc. |
Etymology: Parasita \Par`a*si"ta\, plural noun. [New Latin]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: PARASITA |
| Non-English Usage: "PARASITA" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (bleeder, cadger, commensal, dead beat, guest house, hanger-on, leech, lickspittle, parasite, sponge, sponger). |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
parasita planta | 10 |
aves parasita | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "parasita"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | arasitapay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "PARASITA" (pronounced 'Par`a*si"ta'): Abranchiata, Albata, Amanita, Amniota, Amrita, Annellata, Annulata, Anotta, Anta, Aorta, Aplacentata, Appendiculata, Aprocta, Argonauta, Arista, Articulata, Atlanta, Avesta, Bafta, Ballista, Baryta, Basta, Battuta, Berretta, beta, Bonetta, Brachiata, Burletta, Cantata, Carromata, Catallacta, Caudata, Cephalata, Charta, Chiretta, Chordata, Cicuta, Ciliata, Cirrobranchiata, Coaita, Codetta, Comedietta, Costa, Cotta, Craniota, Crusta, Cryptobranchiata, Cuesta, Decacerata, Deciduata, Dejecta, Dermobranchiata, Dibranchiata, Diota, dorsibranchiata, Dynasta, Edentata, Egesta, Ejecta, Enteropneusta, Excreta, fiesta, Flagellata, Flota, Fughetta, Fulgurata, Genista, Glossata, Gutta, Haustellata, Hepta, Hydrobranchiata, Hyperotreta, impedimenta, Imperforata, inamorata, Infanta, Inferobranchiata, ingesta, Insecta, Invertebrata, Iota, Jugata, junta, Keta, Koaita, Lametta, Locusta, Loricata, Lytta, magenta, manta, Mantelletta, manzanita, maranta, Martineta, matamata, Mezquita, Negrita, Nerita, Nucleobranchiata, Nudibranchiata, Oblongata, Operetta, Organista, pachonta, Palliobranchiata, Pallometa, Paramatta, Paridigitata, Partita, Pectinibranchiata, Pedata, Pedunculata, Pellibranchiata, Pelota, Pelta, Perennibranchiata, Peseta, Pharyngopneusta, Pimenta, Pitta, Placenta, Podesta, Polenta, Polyprotodonta, Poriferata, Porta, Postoblongata, Praetexta, Preoblongata, Prosobranchiata, Prosopulmonata, Protoplasta, Prototracheata, Pulmonata, Pulmonibranchiata, Quata, Quota, Radiata, Radio-flagellata, Ramenta, Rata, reata, regatta, Rejectamenta, Rhynchota, Sagitta, sapota, Scutibranchiata, Senorita, SETA, Shasta, siesta, Siphonata, Siphonobranchiata, Softa, sonata, Sortita, Squamata, Synapta, Tabulata, Taeniata, Tatta, Tectibranchiata, Tentaculata, Tessellata, Testudinata, Tetrabranchiata, Theriodonta, theta, toccata, Torta, Toxodonta, Tracheata, Trilobita, Tubulibranchiata, Tunicata, Ulonata, Uncinata, Unguiculata, Valvata, Vedanta, Vendetta, Vertebrata, Vesiculata, Vesta, Vista, Vitta, Volta, Voluta, Zend-Avesta, Zeta, Zeuglodonta, Zeugobranchiata. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: aspirata. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-i-p-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: arista, rapist, riatas, satara, satrap, tapirs, tarsia, tiaras. | |
-3 letters: airts, apart, arias, astir, ataps, atria, atrip, pairs, paisa, paras, paris, parts, pasta, pitas, prats, raias, riata, sitar, spait, spirt, sprat, sprit, stair, stirp, strap, stria, strip, tapas, tapir, tapis, tarps, tarsi, tiara, traps, trips. | |
-4 letters: airs, airt, aits, aria, arts, atap, pair, para, pars, part, past, pats, pias, pita, pits, prat, raia, raps, rapt, rasp, rats, rias, rips, sari, sati, spar, spat, spit, star, stir, tapa, taps, tarp, tars, tips, trap, trip, tsar. | |
-5 letters: aas, air, ais, ait, apt, ars, art, asp, its, par, pas, pat, pia, pis, pit, psi, rap, ras, rat, ria, rip, sap, sat, sip, sir, sit, spa, sri, tap, tar, tas, tip, tis. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-i-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: aspiratae, parataxis. | |
+3 letters: parasitical. | |
+4 letters: apparatchiks, aspirational, naprapathies, paraesthesia, paraphrastic, piroplasmata. | |
+5 letters: antiparasitic, appoggiaturas, paraesthesias, paralyzations, paramagnetism, parasexuality, parasitically, parasiticidal, paterfamilias, patriarchates, postlapsarian, supranational, suprarational. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 41 52 41 53 49 54 41 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- .-. .- ... .. - .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01000001 01010010 01000001 01010011 01001001 01010100 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P A R A S I T A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0041 0052 0041 0053 0049 0054 0041 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5035523553435435 |
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