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adj
Of dependent organisms, spending portions of the life cycle on different types of hosts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: heteroecismal, heteroxenous, metoecious, metoxenous
Antonyms: autoecious
adjective
of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: autoecious
History
From hetero- + -oecious.
