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epibioses

epibioses is the plural of epibiosis.

Meaning of epibiosis

Noun

epibiosis (countable and uncountable, plural epibioses)

  1. A relationship between two organisms, one of which lives or grows on the other, but is not parasitic on it
    • Within this size group, the epibiosis trophic strategy identified in the meiobenthic harpacticoid copepod (MT2) was present only at this site.2015 November 12, “Benthic Trophic Interactions in an Antarctic Shallow Water Ecosystem Affected by Recent Glacier Retreat”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about epibioses

What is epibioses the plural of?
Epibioses is the plural of epibiosis.

Words near epibioses in the dictionary

  1. epibiont
  2. epibiontic
  3. epibiontically
  4. epibionts
  5. epibionty
  6. epibioses
  7. epibiosis
  8. epibiota
  9. epibiotas
  10. epibiotic
  11. epibiotically

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