Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
heteroecious is an adjective meaning "of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species". It carries one recorded sense.
of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species
“heteroecious fungi”
“heteroecious insects”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for heteroecious come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. .