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Social parasitism

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005886

The coexistence in the same nest or colony of two insect or animal species, of which one is parasitically dependent upon the other.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005886
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoInsect sociobiology; Parasitism; Inquilinism
TranslationsSpanish: parasitismo social
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005886",
  "term": "Social parasitism",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The coexistence in the same nest or colony of two insect or animal species, of which one is parasitically dependent upon the other.",
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "insect sociobiology",
    "parasitism",
    "inquilinism"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "parasitismo social"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/social-parasitism/"
}

Record 5,798 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.