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metabiosis

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[met-uh-bahy-oh-sis] / ˌmɛt ə baɪˈoʊ sɪs /

noun

Biology.

  1. a mode of living in which one organism is dependent on another for preparation of an environment in which it can live.

Other Word Forms

  • metabiotic adjective
  • metabiotically adverb

Etymology

Origin of metabiosis

First recorded in 1895–1900; meta- + -biosis

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