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- noun An
animal that engages inkleptoparasitism . - verb To engage in kleptoparasitism
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Examples
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The presence of a thief means safety: I wasn't even aware of the term kleptoparasite before reading about the drongo, an African bird that makes its living by stealing food gathered by other bird species.
Ars Technica John Timmer 2010
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The presence of a thief means safety: I wasn't even aware of the term kleptoparasite before reading about the drongo, an African bird that makes its living by stealing food gathered by other bird species.
Ars Technica John Timmer 2010
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I'm thinking it's a five peso coin, that in addition to the kleptoparasite Magnificent Frigatebirds (which are really huge too) we have huge spiders running around through a person's stuff looking for money.
Scorpions 2005
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I'm thinking it's a five peso coin, that in addition to the kleptoparasite Magnificent Frigatebirds (which are really huge too) we have huge spiders running around through a person's stuff looking for money.
Scorpions 2005
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I'm thinking it's a five peso coin, that in addition to the kleptoparasite Magnificent Frigatebirds (which are really huge too) we have huge spiders running around through a person's stuff looking for money.
Scorpions 2005
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I'm thinking it's a five peso coin, that in addition to the kleptoparasite Magnificent Frigatebirds (which are really huge too) we have huge spiders running around through a person's stuff looking for money.
Scorpions 2005
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I'm thinking it's a five peso coin, that in addition to the kleptoparasite Magnificent Frigatebirds (which are really huge too) we have huge spiders running around through a person's stuff looking for money.
Scorpions 2005
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I'm thinking it's a five peso coin, that in addition to the kleptoparasite Magnificent Frigatebirds (which are really huge too) we have huge spiders running around through a person's stuff looking for money.
Scorpions 2005
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I'm thinking it's a five peso coin, that in addition to the kleptoparasite Magnificent Frigatebirds (which are really huge too) we have huge spiders running around through a person's stuff looking for money.
Scorpions 2005
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I'm thinking it's a five peso coin, that in addition to the kleptoparasite Magnificent Frigatebirds (which are really huge too) we have huge spiders running around through a person's stuff looking for money.
Scorpions 2005
vanishedone commented on the word kleptoparasite
Curious Expeditions: 'Like vultures, ravens often act as kleptoparasites, (parasitism by theft) stealing the kills of others. To the civilized eyes of the Victorians, there was something dark and ominous about this, and ravens in general.'
August 5, 2008