noun
symbiote
noun
1
An organism living in a close, mutual relationship with another organism; also used loosely for any dependent partner.
"The alga acts as a symbiote inside the coral's tissue."
How to Use Symbiote
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn organism that lives in partnership with another, each depending on the other in some way.
Common mistake
Often used interchangeably with symbiont, though symbiont is the more standard scientific term.
Easily confused with
symbiont
Word Forms
symbiotes plural
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Etymology
Formed from sym- ("together") + -biote ("living thing"), matching the pattern of symbiosis.