kleptopredation en · NOUN
Etymology
From klepto- + predation.
Meanings
- (uncountable) 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.
Deriveds
Hypernyms
indirect predation (feeding strategy) · secondary predation (feeding strategy)
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fr cleptoprédation (Translations)