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共生生物 (きょうせいせいぶつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

共きょう生せい生せい物ぶつ

Meanings

1

noun

symbiont

A biological term for an organism living in symbiosis with another. Used in scientific contexts.

サンゴと褐かっ虫ちゅう藻そうは共きょう生せい生せい物ぶつの関かん係けいにある。
Coral and zooxanthellae are in a symbiotic relationship.

Kanji

共together, both, neither
生life, genuine, birth
物thing, object, matter

Similar words

共きょう生せい
共生 is the broader concept of symbiosis, while 共生生物 specifically refers to the organism itself.

Etymology

Compound of 共生 (symbiosis) and 生物 (organism). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a straightforward modern scientific coinage.