cleptohematophagy

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cleptohematophagy (uncountable)

  1. (biology) feeding on the contents of intestines
    • 2015 October 16, “Revisiting Trypanosoma rangeli Transmission Involving Susceptible and Non-Susceptible Hosts”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      In the present study, we used a device to physically separate infected and uninfected nymphs to prevent cleptohematophagy.
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