brood parasitism (English, noun)
expansion: brood parasitism (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
qualifier: particularly ornithology
glosses: The practice of some species of animal (the parasites) of relying on another species (the host species) to rear the parasites' young, as practised by certain birds (for example, most species of cuckoo), insects (for example, cuckoo bumblebees) and some other animals.
tags: uncountable
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