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symbiont

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8 lettersPronunciation /sɪmˈbaɪ.ɒnt/Sorted bimnostyStarts with SEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. An organism that lives in a symbiotic relationship.

Word origin

From sym- + -biont.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • 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.

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