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kleptons

kleptons is the plural of klepton.

Meaning of klepton

Noun

klepton (plural kleptons or klepta)

  1. A species that requires input from another biological taxon (normally from a species which is closely related to the kleptonic species) to complete its reproductive cycle.
    • Most kleptons are female, and some don’t use the genes of the male at all, merely deploying his sperm to stimulate the egg into development without fertilising it.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 157

Questions about kleptons

What is kleptons the plural of?
Kleptons is the plural of klepton.

Words near kleptons in the dictionary

  1. kleptomaniacally
  2. kleptomaniacs
  3. kleptomanias
  4. kleptomnesia
  5. klepton
  6. kleptons
  7. kleptoparasite
  8. kleptoparasited
  9. kleptoparasites
  10. kleptoparasitic
  11. kleptoparasitically

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