HETEROECIOUS

heteroecious

(adjective) of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species; “heteroecious fungi”; “heteroecious insects”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

heteroecious (comparative more heteroecious, superlative most heteroecious)

(biology) Of dependent organisms, spending portions of the life cycle on different types of hosts.

Synonyms

• heteroxenous

• metoecious

Antonyms

• autoecious

Source: Wiktionary

Het`er*o"cious, a. [Hetero- + Gr. house.] (Bot.)

Definition: Passing through the different stages in its life history on an alternation of hosts, as the common wheat-rust fungus (Puccinia graminis), and certain other parasitic fungi; -- contrasted with autocious. -- Het`er*o"cism (#), n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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