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klepton
klepton
English
Alternative forms
- kl. abbreviation
Noun
klepton (plural usually kleptons, rarely klepta)
- (biology) A species that requires input from another biological taxon (normally from a species which is closely related to the kleptonic species) to complete its reproductive cycle.
Derived terms
- gynoklepton
- kleptonic
- synklepton
- tychoklepton
- zygoklepton
Translations
species that needs input from another taxon to reproduce