English Explanatory Dictionary

symbiont

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An organism that lives in a symbiotic relationship.

Pronunciation

/sɪmˈbaɪ.ɒnt/ /sɪmˈbaɪ.ɑnt/

Word forms

symbiont symbionts

Etymology

From sym- + -biont.

Synonyms

symbiote

Related words

symbiosis symbiote symbiotic host parasite

Derived words

aposymbiont chemosymbiont ectosymbiont endosymbiont enterosymbiont episymbiont exosymbiont holosymbiont intersymbiont microsymbiont mycosymbiont parasymbiont pathosymbiont photosymbiont phytosymbiont symbiome symbiontic symbiontophorous
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