In biology, what is a host?
AnswerAn organism that a parasite lives on or in
A host organism provides food or shelter to a parasite or other organism living on or in it.
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The basics
What does a web hosting service do?
AnswerStores website files on servers so people can reach them online
Web hosts keep a site's files on internet-connected servers so visitors can load it.
Going deeper
What does DNS do on the internet?
AnswerTranslates domain names into IP addresses
The Domain Name System looks up the numeric address of the server hosting a named site.
The common cuckoo tricks other birds into doing what?
AnswerRaising its chicks
Cuckoos lay eggs in other birds' nests, and the host birds raise the cuckoo chick.
Mistletoe grows as a parasite on what kind of host?
AnswerTrees and shrubs
Mistletoe attaches to the branches of trees and shrubs and draws water and nutrients from them.
Expert level
The Latin word 'hospes', root of 'host' and 'hospitality', could mean host and also what?
AnswerGuest
Latin hospes meant both host and guest, reflecting the two-way bond of hospitality.
A relationship where one species benefits and its host is neither helped nor harmed is called what?
AnswerCommensalism
In commensalism one partner gains while the host is essentially unaffected.
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