heteroecious

adj 1: of parasitic animals; spending different stages of the life

cycle on different host species [ant: {homoecious}]

2: of parasites; passing through different stages of the life

cycle on different host species; "heteroecious fungi";

"heteroecious insects" [ant: {autoecious}]

heterogeneous

Composed of unrelated parts, different in kind.

Often used in the context of {distributed systems} that may be

running different {operating systems} or network {protocols}

(a {heterogeneous network}).

For examples see: {interoperable database}, {middleware}.

Constrast {homogeneous}.

(1999-05-06)