What is the behavioural pattern, when young one of a species raised by a parent of another species, called?

Cross-fostering

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Imprinting

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Filial imprinting

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The correct option is A Cross-fostering
At times, the young one of a species raised by a parent of another species. This behavioural pattern is called cross-fostering. For example, the chick of a cuckoo bird is fed by a crow in its nest.

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