adjective Date: 1818 marked by more than usual freedom in the gratification of appetites, 2. not fixed to the substrate but capable of motility , being metabolically independent ; neither parasitic nor symbiotic
FREE-LIVING
Meaning of FREE-LIVING in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012