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bioclaustration

bioclaustration noun: a form of symbiosis in which a soft-bodied organism lives entirely within a harder-bodied one.

Noun

bioclaustration (countable and uncountable, plural bioclaustrations)

  1. (uncountable) A form of symbiosis in which a soft-bodied organism lives entirely within a harder-bodied one
  2. (countable) The trace of such relationship left in a fossil

Forms of bioclaustration

pluralbioclaustrations

Origin of bioclaustration

From bio- + claustration.

Questions about bioclaustration

What does bioclaustration mean?
Bioclaustration means a form of symbiosis in which a soft-bodied organism lives entirely within a harder-bodied one.
What part of speech is bioclaustration?
Bioclaustration is a noun.
What is the plural of bioclaustration?
The plural of bioclaustration is bioclaustrations.

Words near bioclaustration in the dictionary

  1. biocitizenship
  2. biocitizenships
  3. bioclast
  4. bioclastic
  5. bioclasts
  6. bioclaustration
  7. bioclaustrations
  8. bioclean
  9. biocleavable
  10. bioclim
  11. bioclimate

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