Usually means: Steals food or resources directly.
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  1. kleptoparasite: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. kleptoparasite: Wiktionary
  3. kleptoparasite: Dictionary.com
  4. Kleptoparasite: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (kleptoparasite)

▸ noun:  (biology) An animal that engages in kleptoparasitism.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To engage in kleptoparasitism.

Similar:
kleptopredator, cleptoparasite, kleptocnida, parasitofauna, kleptogyny, zooparasite, scatterhoarder, superpredator, ambush predator, bloodsucker, more...

Opposite:
host, donor, benefactor

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Similar:
kleptopredator, cleptoparasite, kleptocnida, parasitofauna, kleptogyny, zooparasite, scatterhoarder, superpredator, ambush predator, bloodsucker, more...

Opposite:
host, donor, benefactor



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