autoecism

Meaning

1. noun The fact of a parasite or dependent organism completing an entire life cycle on a single host species.
2. noun The fact of having male and female reproductive organs on the same individual plant.

Similar words

autoecology ectosymbiosis autoinfection episymbiont ectocommensalism endosymbiont aposymbiosis ecad endosymbiosis ectoparasitism

Word family

autoecious autoeciously autoecisms autoicous