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How to pronounce “parasitism”
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Pronunciation guide for parasitism
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of parasitism with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 5 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Joshua Klein: The intelligence of crows 11 minutes, 34 seconds
And in doing so, we were breeding them for parasitism.
- Definition summary
- (ecology, biology) Interaction between two organisms, in which one organism (the parasite) benefits and the other (the host) is harmed.
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How to pronounce parasitism
Joshua Klein: The intelligence of crows 11 minutes, 34 seconds

And in doing so, we were breeding them for parasitism.
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (ecology, biology) Interaction between two organisms, in which one organism (the parasite) benefits and the other (the host) is harmed.
- (figuratively) A similar interaction between people or things.
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