cleptohematophagy

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Noun

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.