heteroecious

heteroecious
heteroecious [het΄ər ē′shəs]
adj.
/span> HETERO- + Gr oikia, a house (see ECO-) + -OUS
Biol. living as a parasite on first one species of host and then another
heteroecism [het΄ər ēsiz΄əm]
n.

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het·er·oe·cious (hĕt'ə-rēʹshəs) adj.
Spending different stages of a life cycle on different, usually unrelated hosts. Used of parasites such as rust fungi and tapeworms.
  [hetero- + Greek oikiā, house; See weik-1 in Indo-European Roots + -ous.]   het'er·oeʹcism (-sĭz'əm) n.

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