Etymology

contrafreeloading

Today it means: A behaviour, where, when given a choice, an individual animal will choose a food source which requires effort to obtain instead of that which requires little to no effort. Full definition →

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contrafreeloading · noun1

From contra- + freeloading.

contrafreeloading · verb2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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