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idiobiont

idiobiont adjective: parasitic on an immobile host.

Adjective

idiobiont (not comparable)

  1. Parasitic on an immobile host

Noun

idiobiont (plural idiobionts)

  1. An organism which is a parasite on an immobile host

Forms of idiobiont

pluralidiobionts

Origin of idiobiont

From idio- + -biont.

Questions about idiobiont

What does idiobiont mean?
Idiobiont means parasitic on an immobile host.
What part of speech is idiobiont?
Idiobiont can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near idiobiont in the dictionary

  1. idio-
  2. idioadaptive
  3. idioandrosporous
  4. idiobiological
  5. idiobiology
  6. idiobiont
  7. idiobionts
  8. idiobiosis
  9. idioblapsis
  10. idioblaptic
  11. idioblast

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