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hyperparasitoids

hyperparasitoids is the plural of hyperparasitoid.

Meaning of hyperparasitoid

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

Questions about hyperparasitoids

What is hyperparasitoids the plural of?
Hyperparasitoids is the plural of hyperparasitoid.

Words near hyperparasitoids in the dictionary

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

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