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epibiota

epibiota noun: the organisms that live on the surface of another one.

Noun

epibiota (countable and uncountable, plural epibiotas)

  1. The organisms that live on the surface of another one

Forms of epibiota

pluralepibiotas

Origin of epibiota

From epi- + biota.

Questions about epibiota

What does epibiota mean?
Epibiota means the organisms that live on the surface of another one.
What part of speech is epibiota?
Epibiota is a noun.
What is the plural of epibiota?
The plural of epibiota is epibiotas.

Words near epibiota in the dictionary

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

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