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heteroecious

het·er·oe·cious [ hèttə rshəss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
living on different hosts: describes a parasite such as a tapeworm that lives in two or more hosts in the course of its life cycle

[Late 19th century. <hetero- + Greek oikia "house"]

het·er·oe·cism [ hèttə r sìzzəm ] noun
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