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kleptoparasitizing

kleptoparasitizing is the present participle and gerund 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.

Questions about kleptoparasitizing

What is kleptoparasitizing the present participle and gerund of?
Kleptoparasitizing is the present participle and gerund of kleptoparasitize.

Words near kleptoparasitizing in the dictionary

  1. kleptoparasiting
  2. kleptoparasitism
  3. kleptoparasitize
  4. kleptoparasitized
  5. kleptoparasitizes
  6. kleptoparasitizing
  7. kleptoparasitoid
  8. kleptoparasitoids
  9. kleptophilia
  10. kleptophobia
  11. kleptoplast

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