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epibiosis

epibiosis noun: a relationship between two organisms, one of which lives or grows on the other, but is not parasitic on it.

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

Forms of epibiosis

pluralepibioses

Origin of epibiosis

From epi- + -biosis.

Questions about epibiosis

What does epibiosis mean?
Epibiosis means a relationship between two organisms, one of which lives or grows on the other, but is not parasitic on it.
What part of speech is epibiosis?
Epibiosis is a noun.
What is the plural of epibiosis?
The plural of epibiosis is epibioses.

Words near epibiosis in the dictionary

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

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