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superparasitism

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006162

Parasitism of a host by more parasites of the same species than can survive to maturity. It can be caused by one ovipositional event, or by subsequent ovipositions by the same female or by conspecific females.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006162
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoparasitism
TranslationsSpanish: superparasitismo
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006162",
  "term": "superparasitism",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Parasitism of a host by more parasites of the same species than can survive to maturity. It can be caused by one ovipositional event, or by subsequent ovipositions by the same female or by conspecific females.",
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "parasitism"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "superparasitismo"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/superparasitism/"
}

Record 6,162 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.