saprobe

As nouns the difference between saprobe and parasite

is that saprobe is an organism that lives off of dead or decaying organic material while parasite is (pejorative) a person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back.

As a noun saprobe

is an organism that lives off of dead or decaying organic material.

As an adjective saprobic is

(biology) of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a saprobe or saprobes; that feeds on dead or decaying organic matter.

As nouns the difference between laprobe and saprobe

is that laprobe is a blanket to cover the lap while saprobe is an organism that lives off of dead or decaying organic material.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and saprobe

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while saprobe is an organism that lives off of dead or decaying organic material.