symbiont

From sym- +‎ -biont or symbiosis +‎ -ont.

symbiont (plural symbionts)

1. (ecology) An organism that lives in a symbiotic relationship.

   Synonym: symbiote

   • 1991, Lynn Margulis, René Fester, Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation:

     The close analogies between DNA-containing eukaryotic cell organelles and microbial symbionts require revision of classic cell theory, wrote Scwemmler and Schenk (1980) on introducing the field of endocytobiology.

   • 2019 December 9, JoAnna Klein, “Seawater Is Filled With a Sugary Feast. Here’s How Sponges Eat It.”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     It had been known that sponges somehow took in dissolved organic matter, but it remained unclear whether they could do it on their own or needed help from their bacterial symbionts.

• symbiote
• symbiotic
• symbiosis

• host
• parasite

symbiont m inan

1. symbiote, symbiont (ecology)

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• IPA^(key): /ˌsɪm.biˈɔnt/
• Hyphenation: sym‧bi‧ont
• Rhymes: -ɔnt

symbiont m or n (plural symbionten)

1. a symbiont, a symbiote

   Synonym: symbioot

• symbiose
• symbiotisch

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɘm.bjɔnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɘmbjɔnt
• Syllabification: sym‧biont

symbiont m inan

1. (biology) symbiont, symbiote

• symbiont in Polish dictionaries at PWN