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brood parasitism

noun

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  1. The practice of some species of animal (the parasites) of relying on another species (the…

    The practice of some species of animal (the parasites) of relying on another species (the host species) to rear the parasites' young, as practised by certain birds (for example, most species of cuckoo), insects (for example, cuckoo bumblebees) and some other animals.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for brood parasitism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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