adj 1  :  of, relating to, or marked by allometry  2 a  :  being or characterized by a course of development in which a generation of parasites is succeeded by a free-living generation <a life cycle of a nematode worm>  - compare HOMOGONIC   b  :  relating to or being the free-living generation of a heterogonic life cycle .
 
 
 
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