heteroecious

1. 1.

   of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species

   “heteroecious fungi”

   “heteroecious insects”

   Antonymsautoecious

Questions about heteroecious

What does heteroecious mean?

heteroecious means "of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species".

How many syllables are in heteroecious?

heteroecious has 6 syllables and divides as he-te-ro-e-ci-ous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of heteroecious?

The recorded antonyms are autoecious.

Is heteroecious a common word?

heteroecious is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.