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heteroecious

he·te·roe·cious

uncommon

adjective

1.

of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species

  • “heteroecious fungi”
  • “heteroecious insects”
Antonyms

Origin

From hetero- + -oecious.

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