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Our word parasite, meaning "an
organism which derives its sustenance by living off another organism," derives
originally from Greek comedy and the character-type of the parasitos; cf. W.G.
Arnott, "Studies in Comedy, I: Alexis and the Parasite's Name," GRBS
9 (1968) 161-168.
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