brood parasitism

brood par·a·sit·ism

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [brood par-uh-sahy-tiz-uh m, -si-]
- /brud ˈpær ə saɪˌtɪz əm, -sɪ-/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [brood par-uh-sahy-tiz-uh m, -si-]
- /brud ˈpær ə saɪˌtɪz əm, -sɪ-/

Definitions of brood parasitism words

noun brood parasitism a type of parasitism in which a bird (brood parasite), as a cowbird or European cuckoo, lays and abandons its eggs in the nest of another species 3
noun brood parasitism 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. 1

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