"contrafreeloading" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From contra- + freeloading. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|contra|freeloading}} contra- + freeloading Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} contrafreeloading (uncountable)
  1. A behaviour, where, when given a choice, an individual animal will choose a food source which requires effort to obtain instead of that which requires little to no effort. Tags: uncountable Related terms: contrafreeload, contrafreeloader, freeload, freeloader, freeloading
    Sense id: en-contrafreeloading-en-noun-hx2OJtxV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with contra-, English terms suffixed with -ing, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: From contrafreeload + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|contrafreeload|ing}} contrafreeload + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} contrafreeloading
  1. present participle and gerund of contrafreeload Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: contrafreeload
    Sense id: en-contrafreeloading-en-verb-Aa439yCz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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