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adjectiveused of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each
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Definition that contains symbiotic
- symbiotically in a symbiotic manner
- hypermastigote flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites
- symbion pandora only known species of Cycliophora; lives symbiotically attached to a lobster's lip by an adhesive disk and feeding by means of a hairy mouth ring; its complex life cycle includes asexual and sexual phases
- lecanopteris any of several bizarre ferns of the genus Lecanopteris having swollen hollow rhizomes that provide homes for symbiotic ants
- myrmecophilous living symbiotically with ants
- lichenes comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi
- trophobiosis a symbiotic relation in which one organism protects the other in return for some kind of food product
- division lichenes comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi
- myrmecophyte plant that affords shelter or food to ants that live in symbiotic relations with it