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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 het·er·oe·cious /ˌhɛtəˈriʃəs/

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 het·er·oe·cious /ˌhɛtəˈrɪʃəs/ 形容詞
 (雌雄)雜生同苞的(苔蘚),轉主寄生的,異種(寄主)寄生的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Het·er·œ·cious a.   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 autœcious. -- Het*er*œ*cism n.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 heteroecious
      adj : of parasites; passing through different stages of the life
            cycle on different host species; "heteroecious fungi";
            "heteroecious insects" [ant: autoecious]