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A relationship of mutual benefit, especially among different species.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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The close and long-term relationship or interaction between two or more different species.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
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Narrower terms: mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, amensalism
The close and long-term relationship or interaction between two or more different species.
The close and long-term relationship or interaction between two or more different species in which all organisms benefit; mutualism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, especially, uncountable
Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
Examples
Bees and flowers display symbiosis. The bees get nectar and the flowers get pollinated.
Meaning relationships
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Narrower terms: mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, amensalism
The state of people of different types, races, cultures, communities, etc., living together.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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The occurrence of two different or opposing things in the same time and place.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mutualism
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Broader terms: mutuality, interdependence, interdependency
Narrower terms: trophobiosis
From Ancient Greek συμβίωσις (sumbíōsis, “living together”). By surface analysis, sym- + -biosis.
Across languages
Translations 43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
bashkëhuazi
— relationship of mutual benefit
Arabic :
تَكَافُل
(takāful)
— relationship of mutual benefit
Asturian :
simbiosis
— relationship of mutual benefit
Azerbaijani :
simbioz
— relationship of mutual benefit
Belarusian :
сімбіёз
(simbijóz)
— relationship of mutual benefit
Bulgarian :
симбиоза
(simbioza)
— relationship of mutual benefit
Burmese :
ဆင်ဗိုင်အိုစစ်
(hcangbuing-uicac)
— relationship of mutual benefit
Catalan :
simbiosi
— relationship of mutual benefit
Chinese Mandarin :
共生
(gòngshēng)
— relationship of mutual benefit
Czech :
symbióza
— relationship of mutual benefit
Danish :
symbiose
— relationship of mutual benefit
Dutch :
symbiose
— relationship of mutual benefit
Estonian :
sümbioos
— relationship of mutual benefit
Finnish :
symbioosi
— relationship of mutual benefit
French :
symbiose
— relationship of mutual benefit
Galician :
simbiose
— relationship of mutual benefit
Georgian :
სიმბიოზი
(simbiozi)
— relationship of mutual benefit
German :
Symbiose
— relationship of mutual benefit
Hebrew :
סימביוזה
(simbyoza)
— relationship of mutual benefit
Hindi :
सहजीवन
(sahjīvan)
— relationship of mutual benefit
Hungarian :
szimbiózis
— relationship of mutual benefit
Indonesian :
simbiosis
— relationship of mutual benefit
Italian :
simbiosi
— relationship of mutual benefit
Japanese :
共生
(kyōsei)
— relationship of mutual benefit
Kannada :
ಸಹಜೀವನ
(sahajīvana)
— relationship of mutual benefit
Kazakh :
селбесу
(selbesu)
— relationship of mutual benefit
Korean :
공생
(gongsaeng)
— relationship of mutual benefit
Latin :
symbiosis
— relationship of mutual benefit
Latvian :
simbioze
— relationship of mutual benefit
Malay :
simbiosis
— relationship of mutual benefit
Malayalam :
സഹജീവനം
(sahajīvanaṁ)
— relationship of mutual benefit
Persian :
همزیستی
(hamzisti)
— relationship of mutual benefit
Polish :
symbioza
— relationship of mutual benefit
Portuguese :
simbiose
— relationship of mutual benefit
Russian :
симбио́з
(simbióz)
— relationship of mutual benefit
Slovene :
sožitje
— relationship of mutual benefit
Slovene :
simbioza
— relationship of mutual benefit
Spanish :
simbiosis
— relationship of mutual benefit
Swedish :
symbios
— relationship of mutual benefit
Tagalog :
salighayan
— relationship of mutual benefit
Tamil :
ஒன்றிய வாழ்வு
(oṉṟiya vāḻvu)
— relationship of mutual benefit
Ukrainian :
симбіо́з
(symbióz)
— relationship of mutual benefit
Vietnamese :
cộng sinh
— relationship of mutual benefit
