Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The dependence of an organism upon another which furnishes something that is necessary for its existence.
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- noun A form of
commensalism in which oneorganism creates or prepares a suitableenvironment for another.
Etymologies
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meta- + -biosis
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