"klepton" meaning in English

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          "word": "gynoklepton"
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          "word": "kleptogenesis"
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          "word": "synklepton"
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          "text": "Most kleptons are female, and some don’t use the genes of the male at all, merely deploying his sperm to stimulate the egg into development without fertilising it.",
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        "(biology) A species that requires input from another biological taxon (normally from a species which is closely related to the kleptonic species) to complete its reproductive cycle."
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