(June 9, 2021 at 12:53 am)John 6IX Breezy Wrote:(June 9, 2021 at 12:10 am)Ravenshire Wrote: You ignore the etymology of the word, yet chide others to value words.
Right; it's fairly obviously that you only saw the root parasite in the word and ran with it, despite all indications that its just a fancy word for theft (and was coined/popularized fairly recently).
"The root klep- means to hide or to steal so, in terms of etymology, kleptoparasitism should refer to the generalized theft of any resource, and not just food" (p. 747).
Reference: Willis, T., et al. (2017). Kleptopredation: A mechanism to facilitate planktivory in a benthic mollusc. Biology Letters.
Actually, I was commenting on your intellectual dishonesty in quoting an entire line of text, except for the bit you found inconvenient. But, you do you...
Thief and assassin for hire. Member in good standing of the Rogues Guild.