kleptoparasitism

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌklɛptəʊˈpæɹəsɪtɪz(ə)m/
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• General-American: /ˌklɛptoʊˈpɛɹəsɪˌtɪzəm/
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From klepto- (prefix meaning ‘stealing, theft’) + parasitism.

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: دغريات — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Bulgarian: клептопаразитизъм (kleptoparazitizǎm) — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Catalan: cleptoparasitisme — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Chinese Mandarin: 盜食寄生 /盗食寄生 (dàoshíjìshēng) — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Chinese Mandarin: 偷竊寄生 /偷窃寄生 (tōuqièjìshēng) — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Czech: kleptoparasitismus — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Danish: kleptoparasitisme — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Dutch: kleptoparasitisme — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Finnish: kleptoparasitismi — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• French: cleptoparasitisme — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Galician: cleptoparasitismo — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• German: Kleptoparasitismus — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Greek: κλεπτοπαρασιτισμός (kleptoparasitismós) — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Hebrew: חומסנות — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Indonesian: kleptoparasitisme — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Japanese: 盗み寄生 (nusumikisei) — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Japanese: 労働寄生 (rōdōkisei) — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Kazakh: клептопаразитизм (kleptoparazitizm) — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Norwegian Bokmål: kleptoparasitisme — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Persian: طعمهدزدی — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Polish: kleptopasożytnictwo — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Portuguese: cleptoparasitismo — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Romanian: cleptoparazitism — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Russian: клептопаразитизм (kleptoparazitizm) — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Spanish: cleptoparasitismo — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Swedish: kleptoparasitism — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Turkish: kleptoparasitizm — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Ukrainian: клептопаразитизм (kleptoparazytyzm) — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species
• Vietnamese: ký sinh ăn cướp — parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species