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Facultative
Able to exist under more than one set of environmental conditions. For example, a facultative parasite may exist either as a parasite or as a saprotroph (gaining nutrients from dead organic matter).
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Natural environment
- Category: Coral reefs
- Organization: NOAA
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