- metoecious parasite
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A parasite that is not host-specific; see heteroecious.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
heteroicous — adj. [Gr. heteros, different; oikos, house] Parasitic upon two unlike hosts, either by successive generations or in a single life history; see metoecious parasite, heteroxenous … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology