Definition of Homoecious

1. Adjective. Of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host. "Autoecious rust fungi"

Exact synonyms: Autoecious
Antonyms: Heteroecious

Lexicographical Neighbors of Homoecious

homodimers
homodiploid
homodont
homodromal
homodromous
homoduplex
homoduplexes
homodynamic
homodynamous
homodynamy
homodyne
homodyned
homodynes
homodyning
homoe-
homoecious (current term)
homoeo-
homoeobox
homoeoboxes
homoeodont
homoeogeneous
homoeograph
homoeographs
homoeoidal
homoeomeria
homoeomerias
homoeomeric
homoeomeries
homoeomerous
homoeomery

Literary usage of Homoecious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"... inasmuch as the former is homoecious, ie, the species of this genus have each but a single host (a species of Formica), in whose company they complete ..."

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