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Meaning of HETEROECIOUS

Pronunciation:  `hetu'reeshus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species; "heteroecious fungi"; "heteroecious insects"
  2. [adj]  of parasitic animals; spending different stages of the life cycle on different host species
 
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 Antonyms: autoecious, homoecious
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Term used to describe a parasite that uses more than one hosts during its life cycle. Compare autoecious.
 

 

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