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  1. kleptoparasiticadjective

    Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.

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  1. kleptoparasitic

    Kleptoparasitism (etymologically, parasitism by theft) is a form of feeding in which one animal deliberately takes food from another. The strategy is evolutionarily stable when stealing is less costly than direct feeding, which can mean when food is scarce or when victims are abundant. Many kleptoparasites are arthropods, especially bees and wasps, but including some true flies, dung beetles, bugs, and spiders. Cuckoo bees are specialized kleptoparasites which lay their eggs either on the pollen masses made by other bees, or on the insect hosts of parasitoid wasps. They are an instance of Emery's rule, which states that insect social parasites tend to be closely related to their hosts. The behavior occurs, too, in vertebrates including birds such as skuas, which persistently chase other seabirds until they disgorge their food, and carnivorous mammals such as spotted hyenas and lions. Other species opportunistically indulge in kleptoparasitism.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of kleptoparasitic in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of kleptoparasitic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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