"brood parasite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brood parasites [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} brood parasite (plural brood parasites)
  1. An animal - bird, fish or insect - that relies on other species to raise their young. Wikipedia link: brood parasite Categories (lifeform): Parasites Translations (type of animal): pesäloisija (Finnish), Brutparasit [masculine] (German)

Inflected forms

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