free-living
English
Adjective
free
-
living
(
not comparable
)
(
biology
)
Of an
organism
:
living
independently
of other
organisms
rather than as part of a
symbiotic
or
parasitic
relationship, either as a life stage (for example, in some parasites) or for the organism's entire lifespan.
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