secondary predation

noun

A form of predation when one predator feeds on a second predator, which has in turn already consumed a target prey.

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Meanings

nounsecondary predation (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyA form of predation when one predator feeds on a second predator, which has in turn already consumed a target prey.
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APA

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