bitrophic

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adjective

Describing a parasite that feeds on another parasite.

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Meanings

adjectivebitrophic (not comparable)
  1. misspellingnot comparableMisspelling of biotrophic.
  2. not comparableDescribing a parasite that feeds on another parasite.

    Instead, most experiments have ignored the role played by the first trophic level (i.e. the plant) and focused on preference and performance by parasitoids in a bitrophic system (for review, see [8 ,15 ]).

    2015 August 14, “Aphid Parasitoid Mothers Don't Always Know Best through the Whole Host Selection Process”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From bi- + -trophic.

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