Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An individual organism, especially a symbiont.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a discrete unit of living matter
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From –biont or back-formation from halobiont, symbiont, etc.]
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Examples
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Bashir disappeared in midword, along with the sym-biont's chamber.
Time's Enemy Graf, L. A. 1996
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"Admiral Hayman went to check on the sym-biont's status a few hours after the Sreba left dock, and found the medical bay cleaned outlock, stock, and sym-biont."
Time's Enemy Graf, L. A. 1996
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