Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An organism in a symbiotic relationship.
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- noun ecology An
organism that lives in asymbiotic relationship ; asymbiote .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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She then finds herself what is termed a symbiont, which is one who provides a regular blood source to the vampires known as Ina.
“Fledgling” by Octavia E. Butler (Seven Stories Press, 2005) « The BookBanter Blog 2010
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She then finds herself what is termed a symbiont, which is one who provides a regular blood source to the vampires known as Ina.
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But they didn't tell her that merging with the symbiont was the easy part.
Antimatter John Vornholt 2000
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But they didn't tell her that merging with the symbiont was the easy part.
Antimatter John Vornholt 2000
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But they didn't tell her that merging with the symbiont was the easy part.
Antimatter John Vornholt 2000
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Symbiogenesis – the appearance of new behaviors, tissues, organs, organ systems, physiologies or species as a result of symbiont interaction – is the major source of evolutionary novelty in eukaryotes: animals, plants and fungi.
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Among these is a migration of genes from the symbiont genome to the host genome.
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Again, these are coevolved populations that recognize molecular properties of the host and symbiont.
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All right, the Dax symbiont I carry may well have been married before, but I'm Jadzia, and I want this to be a good one!
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The progression from symbiont to organelle involves many steps or processes.
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