Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An organism that is attached to and lives on the surface of another organism.
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- noun biology Any
organism that lives on thesurface (of a lake etc, or another organism)
Etymologies
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epi- + -biont
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