— symbiontic /sim'bee on"tik, -buy-/ , adj.
/sim"bee ont', -buy-/ , n. Biol.
an organism living in a state of symbiosis.
Also, symbiote /sim"bee oht', -buy-/ .
[ 1885-90; symbiont- (s. of symbión ), prp. of symbioûn to live together; see SYMBIOSIS, ONTO- ]