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free-living

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free-liv·ing (frlvng)
adj.
1. Given to self-indulgence.
2. Biology
a. Living independently of another organism; not part of a parasitic or symbiotic relationship.
b. Moving independently; not sessile.
free-living
adj
1. given to ready indulgence of the appetites
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) (of animals and plants) not parasitic; existing independently
free-liver  n
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Adj.1.free-living - not parasitic on another organism
nonparasitic, nonsymbiotic
biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
independent - free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"


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Madame Reuter looked more like a joyous, free-living old Flemish fermiere, or even a maitresse d'auberge, than a staid, grave, rigid directrice de pensionnat.
The Professor by Bronte, Charlotte View in context
The point of this discovery was that it proved Haldin to have been familiar with that horse-owning peasant--a reckless, independent, free-living fellow not much liked by the other inhabitants of the house.
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