| Pronunciation: | | `hetu'reeshus
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- [adj] of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species; "heteroecious fungi"; "heteroecious insects"
- [adj] of parasitic animals; spending different stages of the life cycle on different host species
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HETEROECIOUS is a 12 letter word that starts with H. |
| | Antonyms: | | autoecious, homoecious |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Het`er*[oe]"cious\, a. [Hetero- + Gr. ? house.]
(Bot.)
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 {aut[oe]cious}. -- {Het`er*[oe]"cism}, n.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Term used to describe a parasite that uses more than one hosts during its life cycle. Compare autoecious. |
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