Found 2 items, similar to heteroecious.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: heteroecious heteroecious adj : of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species; “heteroecious fungi”; “heteroecious insects” [ant: autoecious]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Heteroecious 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.]