-bi.ont
AHD:[bīʹŏnt']
D.J.[ˈbaɪˌɒnt]
K.K.[ˈbaɪˌɑnt]
suff.(后缀)
语源
AHD:[bīʹŏnt']
D.J.[ˈbaɪˌɒnt]
K.K.[ˈbaɪˌɑnt]
suff.(后缀)
- Living organism; mode of living:
生物;生存方式:
symbiont.
共生的
语源
- bi(o)-
bi(o)- - -ont
-ont
☞ -biont, -biosis, -biotic
ORIGIN: Extracted from symbiont .
-bi·ont
\|bīˌänt, _bēˌänt\ noun combining form
(-s)
Etymology: probably from German, modification of Greek biount-, biōn living, present participle of bioun to live, from bios mode of life — more at quick
: one having a (specified) mode of life
< aerobiont >
< aerobiont >
-biont
Suffix
- biology a discrete living organism that has a specified mode of living