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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

epibiosis en · NOUN

Etymology

From epi- + -biosis.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A relationship between two organisms, one of which lives or grows on the other, but is not parasitic on it
    • Within this size group, the epibiosis trophic strategy identified in the meiobenthic harpacticoid copepod (MT2) was present only at this site. 2015 November 12, “Benthic Trophic Interactions in an Antarctic Shallow Water Ecosystem Affected by Recent Glacier Retreat”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

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Relateds

epizoite · epiphyte · epibiotic

Translations (2)

de Epibi­o­se (Translations) · it epibiosi (Translations)