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Which one of the following is categorised as a parasite in true sense?

  1. A
    The cuckoo (koel) lays its egg in crow's nest
  2. B
    The female Anopheles bites and sucks blood from humans
  3. C
    Human foetus developing inside the uterus
  4. D
    Head louse living on the human scalp

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A louse is an ectoparasite that lives on the host and derives nourishment from it.The Koel is a brood parasite (social parasitism).Female mosquitoes are not parasites in the true sense because they suck blood only for reproduction (egg development), not for their own survival/nutrition.A foetus is part of the same species and not a parasite.

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Which one of the following is categorised as a parasite in true sense?
A
The cuckoo (koel) lays its egg in crow's nest
B
The female Anopheles bites and sucks blood from humans
C
Human foetus developing inside the uterus
D
Head louse living on the human scalp

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