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metabiosis

metabiosis noun: a form of commensalism in which one organism creates or prepares a suitable environment for another.

Noun

metabiosis (uncountable)

  1. A form of commensalism in which one organism creates or prepares a suitable environment for another.

Origin of metabiosis

From meta- + -biosis.

Questions about metabiosis

What does metabiosis mean?
Metabiosis means a form of commensalism in which one organism creates or prepares a suitable environment for another.
What part of speech is metabiosis?
Metabiosis is a noun.

Words near metabiosis in the dictionary

  1. metabiologists
  2. metabiology
  3. metabiome
  4. metabiomes
  5. metabiomic
  6. metabiosis
  7. metabiosynthesis
  8. metabiotic
  9. metabiotically
  10. metabisulfate
  11. metabisulfates

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