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free-living definition

free·-living (frē′liv′iŋ)

adjective

  1. indulging freely in eating, drinking, and similar pleasures
  2. Biol. living independently of any other organism: not parasitic or symbiotic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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