Breathes in horrid parasites (9)

I believe the answer is:

aspirates

'breathes in' is the definition.
(aspirating is a kind of breathing in)

'horrid parasites' is the wordplay.
'horrid' indicates anagramming the letters.
'parasites' with letters rearranged gives 'ASPIRATES'.

(Another definition for aspirates that I've seen is " Breathes harder".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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