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symbion

symbion is the archaic form of symbiont.

Meaning of symbiont

Noun

symbiont (plural symbionts)

  1. An organism that lives in a symbiotic relationship.
    • The close analogies between DNA-containing eukaryotic cell organelles and microbial symbionts require revision of classic cell theory, wrote Scwemmler and Schenk (1980) on introducing the field of endocytobiology.1991, Lynn Margulis, René Fester, Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation
    Synonyms:
    symbiote

Forms of symbion

pluralsymbions

Questions about symbion

What is symbion the archaic form of?
Symbion is the archaic form of symbiont.

Words near symbion in the dictionary

  1. symbiogenic
  2. symbiological
  3. symbiology
  4. symbiome
  5. symbiomes
  6. symbion
  7. symbionelle
  8. symbionelles
  9. Symbionese
  10. symbionin
  11. symbions

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