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单词 brood parasitism
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brood parasitism


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.

Words nearby brood parasitism

brood bud, brooder, brooding, broodmare, brood parasite, brood parasitism, brood pouch, broody, brook, Brooke, Brook Farm
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