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koinobionts

koinobionts is the plural of koinobiont.

Meaning of koinobiont

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

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Questions about koinobionts

What is koinobionts the plural of?
Koinobionts is the plural of koinobiont.

Words near koinobionts in the dictionary

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

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