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koinobiont

koinobiont adjective: whose host continues to feed and grow after parasitization.

Adjective

koinobiont (not comparable)

  1. Whose host continues to feed and grow after parasitization.

Noun

koinobiont (plural koinobionts)

  1. A parasitoid whose host continues to feed and grow after parasitization.
    • Not many koinobionts are ectoparasitoids, although a number of ichneumonoids (e.g. Tryphoninae; Adelognathinae; Polysphinctini; some Rogadinae) and a few eulophids are (Plate 1).1988, Ian David Gauld, Barry Bolton, The Hymenoptera, British Museum, page 14
    • Koinobionts are as rich, or richer, on hosts on herbs as on hosts on trees for endophytics, whereas on exophytics they tend to be richest on trees (in natural habitats at least).1994, Bradford A. Hawkins, Pattern and Process in Host-Parasitoid Interactions, Cambridge University Press, 2005, Digitally printed paperback, page 95

Forms of koinobiont

pluralkoinobionts

Origin of koinobiont

From koino- + -biont.

Questions about koinobiont

What does koinobiont mean?
Koinobiont means whose host continues to feed and grow after parasitization.
What part of speech is koinobiont?
Koinobiont can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near koinobiont in the dictionary

  1. koineisations
  2. koineization
  3. koineizations
  4. koines
  5. KOing
  6. koinobiont
  7. koinobionts
  8. koinobiosis
  9. koinobori
  10. koinomatter
  11. koinon

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