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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Infestation of an already parasitized organism by more parasites, especially of the same species.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The infestation of parasites by other parasites; hyperparasitism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A form of
parasitism in which thehost (typically aninsect larva such as acaterpillar ) is attacked more than once by a single species ofparasitoid .
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