| 单词 | brood parasitism |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbrood parasitism brood parasitism n. Biology the mode of life characteristic of brood parasites. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > relationships of organisms > [noun] > parasitism parasitism1853 xenoparasitism1905 brood parasitism1914 holoparasitism1927 1914 Science 9 Jan. 70/1 Reuter's conception of parasitism is too narrow, because it includes only food parasitism and excludes phoresy..and brood parasitism. 1953 Q. Rev. Biol. 28 226/1 In species with brood parasitism,..the entire care of eggs and young is foisted onto other species. 1995 Audubon Nov. 84/4 Added to predation in these fragmented woodlands is brood parasitism—particularly that of brown-headed cowbirds, which lay their eggs in the nests of other birds. < as lemmas |
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