kleptotrichy
Meanings
noun
- the act by birds of stealing hair from live mammals for the purpose of nestbuilding
Word forms
Etymology
From klepto- (< Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō)) + Ancient Greek θρῐ́ξ (thrĭ́x) (compare tricho-).
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