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host organism

organism that harbors another organism; organism whose resources are used by another organism then called parasite
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host organism

Summary

host organism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (186 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • host organism is a type of organism[2].
  • host organism is the opposite of parasite[3].
  • host organism's partially coincident with is recorded as host[4].
  • host organism's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2975[5].
  • host organism's different from is recorded as host[6].
  • host organism's different from is recorded as network host[7].
  • host organism's different from is recorded as host[8].
  • host organism's different from is recorded as possessor[9].

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Definition and Type

host organism is a type of organism[2]. It is the opposite of parasite[3].

Influence

Things named for host organism include The Host[10], a television series episode[11], directed by Daniel Sackheim[12].

Why It Matters

host organism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (186 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Entities named for it include The Host[10], a television series episode[11], directed by Daniel Sackheim[12].

Related Entities

Helmut Hasse

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → host
    Opposite of → parasite
    Main wikidata property → P2975
    Different from → host, network host, host +1
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 23998, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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