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'''The Flood''', designated as [[LF.Xx.3273 Flood Super Cell|LF.Xx.3273]] by the [[Forerunner]]s, ([[Latin]] '''''Inferi redivivus'''''<ref name="bestiarum">''[[Bestiarum]]''</ref> meaning "the dead reincarnated"<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=865888 '''Halo.Bungie.Org''': Updated and abbreviated list, errors amended]</ref>), referred as '''the Parasite'''<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', level ''[[The Heretic (Level)|The Heretic]]'': Thel 'Vadamee: ''"Noble Hierarchs, surely you understand that once the parasite attacked-"''</ref> by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]], are a species of highly virulent parasitic organisms that reproduce and grow by consuming sentient life forms of sufficient biomass and cognitive capability. The Flood was responsible for consuming most of the sentient life in the galaxy, including the [[Forerunner]]s, during the 300-year-long [[Forerunner-Flood war]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', campaign level ''[[Two Betrayals]]'': First cut scene, referenced by [[343 Guilty Spark]]</ref> The Flood presents the most variable known threat in the universe, as it can infect and mutate [[human]]s and Covenant species, such as [[Sangheili]], and [[Jiralhanae]], into [[combat forms]]. They are widely considered to be the greatest threat to the existence of life, or, more accurately, biodiversity, in the [[Milky Way|Milky Way galaxy]].