kleptopredation (English, noun)
expansion: kleptopredation (uncountable)
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topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A feeding strategy where a predator hunts other predators who have recently fed on prey, thus eating both the prey animal and the prey's own undigested prey/food. The predator chooses prey who have fed recently, and ignores those who have not fed recently.
tags: uncountable
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