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-biote

-biote is the alternative form of -biont.

Meaning of -biont

Suffix

-biont (noun-forming suffix)

  1. Forms nouns for a discrete living organism that has a specified mode of living.

Origin of -biote

From Ancient Greek βίοτος (bíotos).

Questions about -biote

What is -biote the alternative form of?
-biote is the alternative form of -biont.

Words near -biote in the dictionary

  1. -bie
  2. -bility
  3. -biont
  4. -biontic
  5. -biosis
  6. -biote
  7. -biotic
  8. -bital
  9. -blast
  10. -blastic
  11. -bloody-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -biote (page history and authors); -biont (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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