heteroecious

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het·er·oe·cious

H0175100 (hĕt′ə-rē′shəs)adj. Spending different stages of the life cycle on different, usually unrelated hosts. Used of parasites.

[hetero- + Greek oikiā, house; see weik- in Indo-European roots + -ous.]

het′er·oe′cism (-sĭz′əm) n.

heteroecious

(ˌhɛtəˈriːʃəs) adj (Biology) (of parasites, esp rust fungi) undergoing different stages of the life cycle on different host species. Compare autoecious[from hetero- + -oecious, from Greek oikia house] ˌheterˈoecism n

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Adj.

heteroecious - of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species; "heteroecious fungi"; "heteroecious insects"autoecious, homoecious - of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host; "autoecious rust fungi"

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adj of parasites

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