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symbiophagy

symbiophagy noun: the feeding on a symbiote at the end of a symbiotic relationship.

Noun

symbiophagy (uncountable)

  1. The feeding on a symbiote at the end of a symbiotic relationship.

Origin of symbiophagy

From symbio- + -phagy.

Questions about symbiophagy

What does symbiophagy mean?
Symbiophagy means the feeding on a symbiote at the end of a symbiotic relationship.
What part of speech is symbiophagy?
Symbiophagy is a noun.

Words near symbiophagy in the dictionary

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

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