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symbionts

symbionts is the plural 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

Questions about symbionts

What is symbionts the plural of?
Symbionts is the plural of symbiont.

Words near symbionts in the dictionary

  1. symbionticism
  2. symbiontid
  3. symbiontids
  4. symbiontism
  5. symbiontophorous
  6. symbionts
  7. symbiophagic
  8. symbiophagy
  9. symbiose
  10. symbiosed
  11. symbioses

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