SYMBIONT


Meaning of SYMBIONT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsim-bē-ˌänt ]

noun

Etymology: probably from German, modification of Greek symbiount-, symbiōn, present participle of symbioun

Date: 1887

: an organism living in symbiosis ; especially : the smaller member of a symbiotic pair

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