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superparasitism

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Infestation of an already parasitized organism by more parasites, especially of the same species.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The infestation of parasites by other parasites; hyperparasitism.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A form of parasitism in which the host (typically an insect larva such as a caterpillar) is attacked more than once by a single species of parasitoid.

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