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Organisms that live in or near the host and obtain their nutrition from the host are called

(a) saprophytes
(b) atuotrophs
(c) heterotrophs
(d) parasites

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(d) parasites
Organisms that cannot make their own food and are therefore entirely dependent on their hosts for food are called parasites.

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