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phoront

phoront noun: any organism that attaches itself to another in order to travel.

Noun

phoront (plural phoronts)

  1. Any organism that attaches itself to another in order to travel.

Forms of phoront

pluralphoronts

Origin of phoront

From phoresis + -ont.

Questions about phoront

What does phoront mean?
Phoront means any organism that attaches itself to another in order to travel.
What part of speech is phoront?
Phoront is a noun.
What is the plural of phoront?
The plural of phoront is phoronts.

Words near phoront in the dictionary

  1. phoronids
  2. phoronomic
  3. phoronomically
  4. phoronomics
  5. phoronomy
  6. phoront
  7. phoronts
  8. phorophyte
  9. phorophytes
  10. phoropter
  11. phoropters

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