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Epibiont vs Epibiotic - What's the difference?

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Epibiotic is a related term of epibiont.



As a noun epibiont

is any organism that lives on the surface (of a lake etc, or another organism.

As an adjective epibiotic is

that lives on the surface of another organism.

epibiont

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) Any organism that lives on the surface (of a lake etc, or another organism)

    • See also

    *endobiont

    epibiotic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That lives on the surface of another organism

    • Related terms

    * epibiont * epibiota

    See also

    * endobiotic * exobiotic