symbiote
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- noun
- /ˈsɪm.bi.oʊt/
- Specialized
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simbionte
- Brock and the Symbiote are in perfect sync, taunting their prey and patiently waiting to get it in their deadly grasp.
- living symbiote
- carry a symbiote
- alien symbiote
I said how could the techno core AI's know how to tame the cruciform symbiote?
- I said how could the techno core AI's know how to tame the cruciform symbiote?
Examples
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The greenling saw green scientists and symbiote scientists join in hope and desperation on a project, the aim of which was to save the future.
Fiction book (1998) -
A meteor carrying symbiote life crashes on Earth, and they all survive.
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In the same structure, there lived a small warm thing that seemed to be a symbiote of the large thing.
Fiction book (1998) -
Is the symbiote communicating with you?
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If the symbiote and the host are alive, then the codex is alive.
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But symbiotes built machines too, for good and useful purposes.
Fiction book (1998) -
It has the characteristics of a symbiote... ...which needs to bond to a host to survive.
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I, I think, you know, probably every animal has microbial symbiotes of some type.
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And, of course, one couldn't be a lichen because lichens were symbiotes.
Fiction book (2000) -
The character is an alien symbiote that needs a human host to survive.
Synonyms
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An organism that lives closely with another and helps both survive
A living thing that helps another so both benefit
How Mutual
Surface Forms
Morphology
symbiote = symbiont (semi-transparent) = symbio + te
The relation to 'symbiont' and the combining form 'symbio-' ('together' + 'life') is clear to learners familiar with biology terms, but the Greek combining form and technical sense are not fully transparent to an average B1 learner.
Etymology
The word symbiote comes from Greek parts sym- ('together') and bio ('life'), the same 'bio' in biology. So a symbiote is a living thing that 'lives together' with another and usually helps both partners.