| BIONTS | • bionts n. Plural of biont. • BIONT n. a physiologically independent living organism. |
| EOBIONTS | • eobionts n. Plural of eobiont. • EOBIONT n. a type of basic organism. |
| SYMBIONTS | • symbionts n. Plural of symbiont. • SYMBIONT n. (Greek) an organism living in close association with another, also SYMBION, SYMBIOT, SYMBIOTE. |
| AEROBIONTS | • aerobionts n. Plural of aerobiont. • AEROBIONT n. an aerobe, an organism requiring oxygen to survive. |
| HALOBIONTS | • halobionts n. Plural of halobiont. • HALOBIONT n. an organism living in a salt environment. |
| MYCOBIONTS | • mycobionts n. Plural of mycobiont. • MYCOBIONT n. the fungal constituent of a lichen. |
| DIPLOBIONTS | • diplobionts n. Plural of diplobiont. • DIPLOBIONT n. an organism that has both haploid and diploid individuals in its life cycle. |
| HAPLOBIONTS | • HAPLOBIONT n. an organism living in a salt environment. |
| PHYCOBIONTS | • phycobionts n. Plural of phycobiont. • PHYCOBIONT n. the algal constituent of a lichen. |
| SAPROBIONTS | • saprobionts n. Plural of saprobiont. • SAPROBIONT n. any organism, esp. a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter, also SAPROTROPH. |
| ANAEROBIONTS | • ANAEROBIONT n. an organism not requiring oxygen for its life processes, also ANAEROBE, ANAEROBIUM. |
| CRYPTOBIONTS | • cryptobionts n. Plural of cryptobiont. • CRYPTOBIONT n. any organism that exhibits cryptobiosis. |
| ENDOSYMBIONTS | • endosymbionts n. Plural of endosymbiont. • ENDOSYMBIONT n. an endosymbiotic organism. |
| PARASYMBIONTS | • parasymbionts n. Plural of parasymbiont. • PARASYMBIONT n. a partner in parasymbiosis. |