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Meaning of "superparasitism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SUPERPARASITISM

ˌsuːpərˈpærəsɪtɪzəm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUPERPARASITISM

noun
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Superparasitism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SUPERPARASITISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Superparasitism

Superparasitism is a form of parasitism in which the host is attacked more than once by a single species of parasitoid. Multiparasitism, on the other hand, occurs when the host has been parasitized by more than one species.

Definition of superparasitism in the English dictionary

The definition of superparasitism in the dictionary is parasitic deposit of eggs on a host already parasitized by a different member of the same species.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUPERPARASITISM

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUPERPARASITISM

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SUPERPARASITISM

antielitism · autism · coenobitism · diphysitism · elitism · endoparasitism · eremitism · favouritism · finitism · fortuitism · Hussitism · hyperparasitism · Jesuitism · mephitism · Monothelitism · parasitism · pseudohermaphroditism · semiparasitism · spiritism · stylitism · transvestitism

Synonyms and antonyms of superparasitism in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «superparasitism» into 25 languages

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تطفل إضافي
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過寄生
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सुपरपरॅसिटिझम
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süperparazitizmnin
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about superparasitism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUPERPARASITISM»

Discover the use of superparasitism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to superparasitism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Parasitoids: Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology
There is some disagreement in the literature about the exact definition of superparasitism. Here, I follow van Dijken and Waage (1987) and define superparasitism as the deposition of a clutch of eggs (the clutch may of course consist of a ...
H. C. J. Godfray, 1994
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Insects as Natural Enemies: A Practical Perspective
As we noted above, adult size in Leptopilina heterotoma is not affected by superparasitism. In this parasitoid either compensation is complete or there is no initial reduction in growth as a result of superparasitism. Studying the trajectory of  ...
Mark A. Jervis, 2007
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Parasitoid Viruses: Symbionts and Pathogens
(a) (b) (c) Long glands Ovaries n=24 N u m b e r o fe g g( s ) / p a r a s i t i z e d h o s t n=30 n=39 n=31 n=15 6 5 4 3 2 1 FIGURE 2 Superparasitism behavior of females emerging from hosts parasitized by Sienna0 (NS) females and injected ...
Nancy E. Beckage, Jean-Michel Drezen, 2012
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Parasitoids of Drosophila
Superparasitism and host discrimination by Asobara tabida Nees (Braconidae; Alysiinae) a larval parasitoid of Drosophilidae, Neth. J. Zool. 32, 232–260. van Alphen, H.H.M., van Harsel, H.H., 1982. Host selection by Asobara tabida Nees ...
‎2009
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Handbook of Biological Control: Principles and Applications ...
Superparasitism is widespread in the Parasitica. Host discrimination (the ability to identify parasitized hosts) is intimately associated with superparasitism. The relationship between discrimination and superparasitism has been considered ( van ...
T. W. Fisher, Thomas S. Bellows, L. E. Caltagirone, 1999
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Natural Enemies: The Population Biology of Predators, ...
As long ago as 1934, Salt discovered that the egg parasitoid Trichogramrna was able to detect the presence of parasitoid eggs within a host and thereby to avoid superparasitism. Since then, the avoidance of superparasitism has been ...
Mick Crawley, 2009
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Natural Enemies of Terrestrial Molluscs
81) point out that, 'In contrast to parasitic Hymenoptera, superparasitism in the parasitic Diptera appears to be both widely distributed across species and common within populations.' These authors note that superparasitism has been reported ...
G. M. Barker, 2004
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Behavioural Ecology of Insect Parasitoids: From theoretical ...
However, when there is superparasitism, patch state cannot be observed, since chance determines which of the competitors will acquire offspring from superparasitized hosts. Since there is a one-to-one relationship between patch state and ...
Eric Wajnberg, Carlos Bernstein, Jacques van Alphen, 2008
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Diet Selection: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Foraging ...
Larvae typically burrow into and consume the host's tissues, almost always killing it. Superparasitism occurs when more than one parasitoid is present on one host. In many cases, competition between parasitoids produces only one survivor; ...
R. Hughes, 2009
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Animal Behavior Desk Reference: A Dictionary of Animal ...
-biosis superparasitism n. 1. For example, in some chalcidoid wasps: Parasitism in which an individual host insect is parasitized by two, or more, species of primary parasites or by one species more than once [coined by Friske 1910 in ...
Edward M. Barrows, 2011

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUPERPARASITISM»

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Cunning super-parasitic wasps sniff out protected aphids and …
The researchers found that wasps which laid two eggs (superparasitism) in aphids infected with H. defensa and APSE were much more successful at producing ... «Science Codex, Feb 12»
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