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ectogenous

ectogenous adjective: able to survive outside of its host.

Adjective

ectogenous (not comparable)

  1. Able to survive outside of its host
    Synonyms:
    exogenous

ectogenous meaning in Tamil

ectogenous in Tamil

மேல்தோல் ஒட்டுண்ணி

Synonyms of ectogenous

Origin of ectogenous

From ecto- + -genous.

Questions about ectogenous

What does ectogenous mean?
Ectogenous means able to survive outside of its host.
What is ectogenous in Tamil?
Ectogenous in Tamil is மேல்தோல் ஒட்டுண்ணி. See Ectogenous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ectogenous?
Ectogenous is an adjective.

Words near ectogenous in the dictionary

  1. ectogene
  2. ectogenes
  3. ectogenesis
  4. ectogenetic
  5. ectogenic
  6. ectogenous
  7. ectogenual
  8. ectogeny
  9. ectoglenoid
  10. ectognath
  11. ectognathous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ectogenous (page history and authors); ectogenous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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