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freeliving

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free-liv⋅ing

[free-liv-ing]
–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:
1810–20
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Main Entry: free–liv·ing
Pronunciation: 'frE-'liv-i[ng]
Function: adjective
1 : not fixed to the substrate but capable of motility free–living protozoan>
2 : being metabolically independent : neither parasitic nor symbiotic
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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