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epibiotic

[ep-uh-bahy-ot-ik]

adjective

of or pertaining to an organism that lives, usually parasitically, both on the surface and within the body of its host.

noun

any such organism, as certain fungi.

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the usual major subdivision of a family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of more than one species

adapting to the prevailing conditions and producing offspring that survive to reproductive age; contributing to the gene pool of the next generation

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Origin:
1925–30; epi- + biotic

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epibiosis (ˌɛpɪbaɪˈəʊsɪs)

—n
	epiphyte See also epizoite any relationship between two organisms in which one grows on the other but is not parasitic on it

epibiotic

—*adj*

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