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trophobiont

trophobiont noun: the provider of food in trophobiosis.

Noun

trophobiont (plural trophobionts)

  1. The provider of food in trophobiosis.
    • Ants are integral components of terrestrial ecosystems, owing to their manifold interactions with other organisms. They serve as seed dispersers for plants (myrmecochory), mutualists with sap-sucking insects (trophobionts), and hosts for a wide range of associate organisms (myrmecophiles) and act...2022 September 19, Schultheiss et al., “The abundance, biomass, and distribution of ants on Earth”, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, page 1, column 1

Forms of trophobiont

pluraltrophobionts

Origin of trophobiont

From trophobiosis + -ont or tropho- + -biont.

Questions about trophobiont

What does trophobiont mean?
Trophobiont means the provider of food in trophobiosis.
What part of speech is trophobiont?
Trophobiont is a noun.
What is the plural of trophobiont?
The plural of trophobiont is trophobionts.

Words near trophobiont in the dictionary

  1. trophies
  2. trophiless
  3. trophism
  4. trophisms
  5. tropho-
  6. trophobiont
  7. trophobionts
  8. trophobioses
  9. trophobiosis
  10. trophobiotic
  11. trophoblast

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