free-living

[ free-liv-ing ]
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adjective

  1. following a way of life in which one freely indulges the appetites, desires, etc.

  2. Biology. noting an organism that is neither parasitic, symbiotic, nor sessile.

Origin of free-living

1
First recorded in 1810–20

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British Dictionary definitions for free-living

free-living
adjective

  1. given to ready indulgence of the appetites

  2. (of animals and plants) not parasitic; existing independently

Derived forms of free-living

  • free-liver, noun

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