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koinobiont

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Whose host continues to feed and grow after parasitization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A parasitoid whose host continues to feed and grow after parasitization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Examples

  • 1994, Bradford A. Hawkins, Pattern and Process in Host-Parasitoid Interactions, Cambridge University Press, 2005, Digitally printed paperback, page 95, Koinobionts are as rich, or richer, on hosts on herbs as on hosts on trees for endophytics, whereas on exophytics they tend to be richest on trees (in natural habitats at least).

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History

Etymology

From koino- + -biont.