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kleptoparasitism

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-003616

Habitual stealing of already procured prey or food by individuals of one species from individuals of another species. It is mostly observed in birds, insects and other animals.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-003616
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
Synonymscleptoparasitism
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoparasitism
TranslationsSpanish: cleptoparasitismo
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003616",
  "term": "kleptoparasitism",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Habitual stealing of already procured prey or food by individuals of one species from individuals of another species. It is mostly observed in birds, insects and other animals.",
  "synonyms": [
    "cleptoparasitism"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "parasitism"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "cleptoparasitismo"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/kleptoparasitism/"
}

Record 3,616 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.