noun
A plant or animal living on another
bacteria, parasitoid, saprophyte, epiphyte; see fungus.
A hanger-on
dependent, slave, sponge, freeloader, hanger-on, sponger; see also sycophant.
See parasite in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
One who depends on another for support without reciprocating:
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