Predation

  • Title

    Predation

  • Definition

    Referring to an interaction between two organisms one that lives on and at the expense of another, e.g., an insect larva that eats the embryo of a hickory nut or a species of Loranthaceae taking nutrients from a host plant.

  • Related Terms

    Parasite (parasitic)

    Hemiparasite

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