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brood-parasitic

brood-parasitic adjective: practicing brood parasitism.

Adjective

brood-parasitic (not comparable)

  1. Practicing brood parasitism.

Questions about brood-parasitic

What does brood-parasitic mean?
Brood-parasitic means practicing brood parasitism.
What part of speech is brood-parasitic?
Brood-parasitic is an adjective.

Words near brood-parasitic in the dictionary

  1. brood size
  2. brood sizes
  3. brood sow
  4. brood sows
  5. Brood X
  6. brood-parasitic
  7. broodchamber
  8. broodchambers
  9. brooded
  10. brooded above
  11. brooder

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