| BIONT | • biont n. A living organism. • -biont suff. (Biology) a discrete living organism that has a specified mode of living. • BIONT n. a physiologically independent living organism. |
| EOBIONT | • eobiont n. A hypothetical primordial life-form or chemical precursor to a living organism. • eobiont n. An artificially created creature; a Frankenstein’s monster. • EOBIONT n. a type of basic organism. |
| SYMBIONT | • symbiont n. (Ecology) An organism that lives in a symbiotic relationship. • SYMBIONT n. (Greek) an organism living in close association with another, also SYMBION, SYMBIOT, SYMBIOTE. |
| AEROBIONT | • aerobiont n. (Biology) Any organism that needs air (oxygen) to survive. • AEROBIONT n. an aerobe, an organism requiring oxygen to survive. |
| HALOBIONT | • halobiont n. (Biology) an organism that lives in a salty environment. • HALOBIONT n. an organism living in a salt environment. |
| MYCOBIONT | • mycobiont n. (Lichenology) The fungus that is a component of a lichen. • MYCOBIONT n. the fungal constituent of a lichen. |
| DIPLOBIONT | • diplobiont n. (Biology) Any organism in which haploid and diploid generations alternate. • DIPLOBIONT n. an organism that has both haploid and diploid individuals in its life cycle. |
| HAPLOBIONT | • HAPLOBIONT n. an organism living in a salt environment. |
| PHYCOBIONT | • phycobiont n. An algal photobiont. • PHYCOBIONT n. the algal constituent of a lichen. |
| SAPROBIONT | • saprobiont n. Synonym of saprobe. • SAPROBIONT n. any organism, esp. a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter, also SAPROTROPH. |
| ANAEROBIONT | • ANAEROBIONT n. an organism not requiring oxygen for its life processes, also ANAEROBE, ANAEROBIUM. |
| CRYPTOBIONT | • cryptobiont n. (Biology) Any organism capable of cryptobiosis. • CRYPTOBIONT n. any organism that exhibits cryptobiosis. |
| ENDOSYMBIONT | • endosymbiont n. (Ecology) An organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism. • ENDOSYMBIONT n. an endosymbiotic organism. |
| PARASYMBIONT | • parasymbiont n. (Biology) A parasymbiotic symbiont. • PARASYMBIONT n. a partner in parasymbiosis. |