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cleptoparasitize

cleptoparasitize is the alternative form of kleptoparasitize.

Meaning of kleptoparasitize

Verb

kleptoparasitize (third-person singular simple present kleptoparasitizes, present participle kleptoparasitizing, simple past and past participle kleptoparasitized)

  1. (transitive) To steal (prey, etc.) from animals of the same or another species.

Forms of cleptoparasitize

third-person singular presentcleptoparasitizes
present participlecleptoparasitizing
past participlecleptoparasitized
pastcleptoparasitized

Questions about cleptoparasitize

What is cleptoparasitize the alternative form of?
Cleptoparasitize is the alternative form of kleptoparasitize.

Words near cleptoparasitize in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cleptoparasitize (page history and authors); kleptoparasitize (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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