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noun
A medium-sized predator which often increases in abundance when larger predators are eliminated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-? Proto-Indo-European *-dhe Proto-Indo-European *médhi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médhyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English predator English mesopredator From meso- + predator.
