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ectobiont

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ec-to-biont
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any organism fixed to the outside of the host's body

Etymology

From ecto- + -biont.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

ectobionts (plural)

Questions

What does ectobiont mean?
Any organism fixed to the outside of the host's body
Where does ectobiont come from?
From ecto- + -biont.

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