Meaning Of The Word Brood parasitism
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Brood parasitism Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Brood parasitism?
brood parasitism in American English
a type of parasitism in which a bird ( brood parasite), as a cowbird or European cuckoo, lays and abandons its eggs in the nest of another species noun: a form of social parasitism practiced by certain birds, as cuckoos and cowbirds, in which eggs are laid in the nests of other birds, causing them to be hatched and the young reared by the hosts, often at the cost of the hosts' own young |
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