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Host is an organism on or in which parasite live
Because, the animal acts as a host for the parasite. Also, the parasite acts as a guest so it's only right that the animal/plant is called the host.
A parasite.
A Parasite is an animal that lives in another plant or animal and eats that plant or animal without killing it. Actually a Parasite can kill its host as the definition of parasite is to live off of another, A Symbiont lives with the host to boths mutual benefit, or without harm to another.
If the parasite you are thinking about is a tape worm, then this lives in the host animal's intestinal tract.
It is called a parasite it is actually called a predator
Intracellular parasite-- An organism which can only feed and live within the cell of a different animal.
This just refers to a symbiotic relationship which can be mutual, such as a moray attached to a whale or shark, or they can be parasitic, such as a tapeworm.
It is called a parasite it is actually called a predator
Depends on the relationship - but normally a "parasite"
If you count bacteria and viruses, a virus tends to feed off bacteria.
The animal that benefits in parasitism is the parasite, and the animal that is negatively effected is the host.