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amphizoic

amphizoic adjective: able to exist either as a parasite or as a free-living organism.

Adjective

amphizoic (not comparable)

  1. Able to exist either as a parasite or as a free-living organism

Origin of amphizoic

From amphi- + -zoic.

Questions about amphizoic

What does amphizoic mean?
Amphizoic means able to exist either as a parasite or as a free-living organism.
What part of speech is amphizoic?
Amphizoic is an adjective.

Words near amphizoic in the dictionary

  1. amphiurids
  2. amphivasal
  3. amphivorous
  4. amphixenoses
  5. amphixenosis
  6. amphizoic
  7. amphizoid
  8. amphizoids
  9. amphizoonoses
  10. amphizoonosis
  11. ampho B

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