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SYMBIOSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other

Synonyms:

mutualism; symbiosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("symbiosis" is a kind of...):

interdependence; interdependency; mutuality (a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "symbiosis"):

trophobiosis (a symbiotic relation in which one organism protects the other in return for some kind of food product)

Derivation:

symbiotic (used of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each)

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