symbiont
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
symbiont (plural symbionts)
- (ecology) An organism that lives in a symbiotic relationship.
- Synonym: symbiote
- 2019 December 9, JoAnna Klein, “Seawater Is Filled With a Sugary Feast. Here’s How Sponges Eat It.”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- It had been known that sponges somehow took in dissolved organic matter, but it remained unclear whether they could do it on their own or needed help from their bacterial symbionts.
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organism in a symbiotic relationship
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Czech edit
Noun edit
symbiont m inan
Declension edit
Declension of symbiont (hard masculine inanimate)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | symbiont | symbionty |
genitive | symbiontu | symbiontů |
dative | symbiontu | symbiontům |
accusative | symbiont | symbionty |
vocative | symbionte | symbionty |
locative | symbiontu | symbiontech |
instrumental | symbiontem | symbionty |
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Probably borrowed. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
symbiont m or n (plural symbionten)
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Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
symbiont m inan
Declension edit
Declension of symbiont
singular | plural | |
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nominative | symbiont | symbionty |
genitive | symbiontu | symbiontów |
dative | symbiontowi | symbiontom |
accusative | symbiont | symbionty |
instrumental | symbiontem | symbiontami |
locative | symbioncie | symbiontach |
vocative | symbioncie | symbionty |
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adjective
adverb
noun
Further reading edit
- symbiont in Polish dictionaries at PWN