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cleptoparasitism

cleptoparasitism is the archaic spelling of kleptoparasitism.

Meaning of kleptoparasitism

Noun

kleptoparasitism (uncountable)

  1. The parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species.

Questions about cleptoparasitism

What is cleptoparasitism the archaic spelling of?
Cleptoparasitism is the archaic spelling of kleptoparasitism.

Words near cleptoparasitism in the dictionary

  1. cleptomaniacs
  2. cleptoparasite
  3. cleptoparasites
  4. cleptoparasitic
  5. cleptoparasitically
  6. cleptoparasitism
  7. cleptoparasitize
  8. cleptoparasitized
  9. cleptoparasitoid
  10. cleptoparasitoids
  11. cleptoparasitosis

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