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ectosymbiosis

noun

Etymology

From ecto- + symbiosis.

  1. derived from συμβίωσις — “living together”
  2. prefixed as ectosymbiosis — “ecto + symbiosis”

Definitions

  1. A form of symbiosis in which a partner (the ectosymbiont) remains on the surface of its…

    A form of symbiosis in which a partner (the ectosymbiont) remains on the surface of its host

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ectosymbiosis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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