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heteroecious definition

het·er·oecious (het′ər ē′s̸həs)

adjective

Biol. living as a parasite on first one species of host and then another

Etymology: < hetero- + Gr oikia, a house (see eco-) + -ous

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