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Describing a parasite that feeds on another parasite that feeds on a third parasite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From tri- (“three”) + -trophic (“relating to feeding and nutrition”), from Ancient Greek τροφικός (trophikós, “nursing, tending”), from τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment, food”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”).
