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hyperparasitoid

hyperparasitoid noun: a secondary parasitoid, developing or subsisting on another parasitoid.

Noun

hyperparasitoid (plural hyperparasitoids)

  1. A secondary parasitoid, developing or subsisting on another parasitoid.
    • Explanations for the mismatch between mother preference and host suitability can include threat of hyperparasitoids, host defence, and learning of plant-host complex cues.2015 August 14, “Aphid Parasitoid Mothers Don't Always Know Best through the Whole Host Selection Process”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of hyperparasitoid

pluralhyperparasitoids

Origin of hyperparasitoid

From hyper- + parasitoid.

Questions about hyperparasitoid

What does hyperparasitoid mean?
Hyperparasitoid means a secondary parasitoid, developing or subsisting on another parasitoid.
What part of speech is hyperparasitoid?
Hyperparasitoid is a noun.
What is the plural of hyperparasitoid?
The plural of hyperparasitoid is hyperparasitoids.

Words near hyperparasitoid in the dictionary

  1. hyperparasitisms
  2. hyperparasitize
  3. hyperparasitized
  4. hyperparasitizes
  5. hyperparasitizing
  6. hyperparasitoid
  7. hyperparasitoids
  8. hyperparathyroid
  9. hyperparathyroidism
  10. hyperparathyroidisms
  11. hyperparenting

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