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biosentinel

biosentinel noun: any organism that is the first to respond to a change in the environment, typically the presence of a pollutant.

Noun

biosentinel (plural biosentinels)

  1. Any organism that is the first to respond to a change in the environment, typically the presence of a pollutant

Forms of biosentinel

pluralbiosentinels

Origin of biosentinel

From bio- + sentinel.

Questions about biosentinel

What does biosentinel mean?
Biosentinel means any organism that is the first to respond to a change in the environment, typically the presence of a pollutant.
What part of speech is biosentinel?
Biosentinel is a noun.
What is the plural of biosentinel?
The plural of biosentinel is biosentinels.

Words near biosentinel in the dictionary

  1. biosensoric
  2. biosensorics
  3. biosensoristic
  4. biosensors
  5. biosensory
  6. biosentinel
  7. biosentinels
  8. bioseparation
  9. bioseparations
  10. biosequence
  11. biosequences

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