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Meaning of kleptopredation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

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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.

uncountable

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Français cleptoprédation

CEFR level

C2
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