free-living

3 definitions found

free-living - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Free-living \Free"-liv`ing\, n.
     Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites as a way of life.
     [1913 Webster]

  free-living \free-living\ adj. (Biology)
     Living independently of other organisms; not parasitic or
     commensal.
  
     Note: eating other organisms is not considered "dependence"
           in this sense.
  
     Syn: nonparasitic, nonsymbiotic.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

free-living - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  free-living
      adj 1: not parasitic on another organism [syn: free-living,
             nonparasitic, nonsymbiotic]