het·ero·gon·ic
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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