Heteroxenic
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Relating to soft corals of the genus Heteroxenia not-comparable
"However, as we mentioned previously, we believe that the model is applicable to understanding similar processes in most symbioses, including heteroxenic associations (including more than one species of host in the life cycle) [27 –29 ]."
Example
More examples"However, as we mentioned previously, we believe that the model is applicable to understanding similar processes in most symbioses, including heteroxenic associations (including more than one species of host in the life cycle) [27 –29 ]."
Etymology
Heteroxenia + -ic
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