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cleptoparasite

cleptoparasite is the alternative spelling of kleptoparasite.

Meaning of kleptoparasite

Noun

kleptoparasite (plural kleptoparasites)

  1. An animal that engages in kleptoparasitism.

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Forms of cleptoparasite

pluralcleptoparasites

Questions about cleptoparasite

What is cleptoparasite the alternative spelling of?
Cleptoparasite is the alternative spelling of kleptoparasite.

Words near cleptoparasite in the dictionary

  1. cleptocracy
  2. cleptohematophagy
  3. cleptomania
  4. cleptomaniac
  5. cleptomaniacs
  6. cleptoparasite
  7. cleptoparasites
  8. cleptoparasitic
  9. cleptoparasitically
  10. cleptoparasitism
  11. cleptoparasitize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cleptoparasite (page history and authors); kleptoparasite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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