parasite

organism adapted to living on or in another organism and causing harm to its host
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parasite

Summary

parasite is a class of living thing[1]. parasite draws 1,985 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_living_thing category, ranking #4 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • parasite's instance of is recorded as class of living thing[3].
  • parasite is named after parasite[4].
  • parasite is a type of organism[5].
  • parasite is a type of pathogen[6].
  • parasite is part of parasitism[7].
  • parasite's Commons category is recorded as Parasites[8].
  • parasite is the opposite of host organism[9].
  • parasite's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Parasites[10].
  • parasite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • parasite's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • parasite's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[13].
  • parasite's different from is recorded as parasitoid[14].
  • parasite's different from is recorded as hyperparasite[15].
  • parasite's different from is recorded as parasite[16].
  • parasite's studied by is recorded as parasitology[17].
  • parasite's union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[18].
  • parasite's P14541 is recorded as 33E2vE[19].
  • parasite's P14541 is recorded as 2wyNfq[20].

Body

Definition and Type

parasite's instance of is recorded as class of living thing[3]. Recorded subclass of include organism[5] and pathogen[6]. parasite is the opposite of host organism[9].

Origins

parasite is named after parasite[4].

Use and Application

parasite is part of parasitism[7].

Influence

Things named for parasite include Parasite[21], a film[22], directed by Bong Joon-ho[23] and parasitism[24].

Why It Matters

parasite draws 1,985 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_living_thing category, ranking #4 of 8).[2] parasite has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] parasite is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Entities named for parasite include Parasite[21], a film[22], directed by Bong Joon-ho[23] and parasitism[24].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
    Subreddit parasites
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3984]]: parasites, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144664846|parasites (#144664846)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Directory]"
  2. 4w ago · Mullanur · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q19180675]]"
  3. 10w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 33E2vE, 2wyNfq
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/41251|batch #41251]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 14w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id 0253343-paraziticke-organismy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0253343-paraziticke-organismy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259473|batch #259473]]"
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