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Cryptobiont

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cryptobiosisnoun(biology) A state of life, entered by some organisms, in which all metabolic activity is temporarily halted
cleptobiosisnoun(biology) The action of a cleptobiont
cytobiontnoun(biology) An organism involved in cytobiosis.
endocytobiontnoun(biology) An endocytobiotic organism
cleptobiontnoun(biology) Any organism that steals the food of another
osmobiosisnounA form of cryptobiosis triggered by increased solute concentration in the solution in which the organism lives.
biontnounA living organism
cryophilenoun(ecology) an organism that thrives at low temperatures
hemibiotrophnoun(biology) An organism that is parasitic in living tissue for some time and then continues to live in dead tissue
bioconstructornoun(biology) Any organism that builds a structure that survives the death of the organism
hydrobiontnoun(biology) Any organism that lives in water
cryptobioturbationnounCryptic bioturbation.
idiobiontnounAn organism which is a parasite on an immobile host
bioclaustrationnoun(uncountable, biology) A form of symbiosis in which a soft-bodied organism lives entirely within a harder-bodied one
basibiontnoun(biology) An organism that is host to an epibiont
ectobiontnoun(biology) Any organism fixed to the outside of the host's body
acidobiontnoun(biology) Any organism that lives in an acidic environment
geobiontnoun(biology) Any organism that lives in the soil
psychrotrophnoun(biology) An organism adapted to cold.
cyanobiontnoun(biology) A cyanobacterium that lives in symbiosis a eukaryote; a cyanobacterial photobiont.

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