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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: heteroecious adj 1: of parasitic animals; spending different stages of the life cycle on different host species [ant: {homoecious}] 2: of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species; "heteroecious fungi"; "heteroecious insects" [ant: {autoecious}]
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