free-living
adjective
free-liv·ing ˈfrē-ˈli-viŋ 
1
: marked by more than usual freedom in the gratification of appetites
2
a
: not fixed to the substrate but capable of motility
a free-living protozoan
b
: being metabolically independent : neither parasitic nor symbiotic
a free-living adult hairworm
Word History
First Known Use
1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
free-living
adjective
free-liv·ing ˈfrē-ˈliv-iŋ
1
: not fixed to the substrate but capable of motility
a free-living protozoan
2
: being metabolically independent : neither parasitic nor symbiotic
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- rabbit's-foot fern
- rabbit's-mouth
- rabbit's-mouths
- rabbit's-root
- rabbit's-roots
- rabbit-ear
- rabbit-ear faucet
- rabbit-eared bandicoot
- rabbit-foot
- rabbit-foot clover
- rabbit-foot grass
- rabbit-hunting
- rabbit-meat
- rabbit-punch
- rabbit-punched
- rabbit-punching
- rabbit-tail grass
- rabbitberry
- rabbitbrush
- rabbitbrushes
- rabbited
- rabbited on
- rabbiter
- rabbiters