種しゅ間かん托たく卵らん

noun

interspecific brood parasitism

A biological term referring to a bird laying its eggs in the nest of a different species, leaving the host to raise the young. Contrasts with 種内托卵 (intraspecific brood parasitism).

See also: 種内托卵

• カッコウは種しゅ間かん托たく卵らんを行おこなう鳥とりとしてよく知しられている。

  The cuckoo is well known as a bird that practices interspecific brood parasitism.