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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species;
- Example: "heteroecious fungi"
- Example: "heteroecious insects"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Heteroecious \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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

heteroecious adj 1: of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species; "heteroecious fungi"; "heteroecious insects" [ant: autoecious, homoecious]