Meanings
nouncleptohematophagy (uncountable)
- uncountablebiologyfeeding on the contents of intestines
In the present study, we used a device to physically separate infected and uninfected nymphs to prevent cleptohematophagy.
2015 October 16, “Revisiting Trypanosoma rangeli Transmission Involving Susceptible and Non-Susceptible Hosts”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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