hemolymphagy

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noun

feeding on hemolymph

Scrabble 31

Meanings

nounhemolymphagy (uncountable)

alternative haemolymphagy

  1. uncountablefeeding on hemolymph
    1 more example

    There are a few reports that suggest that insect-insect parasite transmission can occur through hemolymphagy, when one insect takes hemolymph from a conspecific [21 ] or during a simultaneous blood feeding [22 ], although the relevance of these alternative transmission routes in parasite circulation has not been established.

    2015 October 16, “Revisiting Trypanosoma rangeli Transmission Involving Susceptible and Non-Susceptible Hosts”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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Chicago

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