n
(biology) Any organism that lives in an acidic environment
n
(biology) embryonic parasitism
n
(biology) Any organism that lives in an alkaline environment
n
An organism that parasitizes an unrelated host
adj
Relating to an alloparasite
n
(biology) parasitism involving alloparasites
n
Any organism that is alloparasitic during part of its life cycle
adj
(biology) Relating to amensalism.
n
(ecology) A form of symbiosis in which one species is harmed or impeded and the other is unaffected.
adj
(biology) Describing any virus or bacterium that infects a wide range of hosts
n
(biology) Any organism that produces antibiotics or participates in antibiosis
n
(ecology) An association between organisms that is detrimental (harmful) to one or more of them; especially that due to a metabolic substance produced by one of them.
n
(biology) Any substance produced by nonliving material that benefits a recipient species but is detrimental to a different species associated with the nonliving material.
n
(biology) An aposymbiotic symbiont
n
(ecology) A form of symbiosis in which two species live independently of each other, but their life cycles affect one another.
adj
(ecology) Of or pertaining to aposymbiosis
n
(biology) All the archaea (or their descendants) in an organism
n
(biology) A form of hibernation or estivation that is not dependent on season, temperature or humidity
n
Synonym of xenobacteriology
n
(biology) A lack of symbiosis, especially in an organism that otherwise exhibits symbiosis.
n
Alternative form of automimicry [(ecology) The advantage gained by some members of a species from their resemblance to others of the same species. Males of many bees and wasps, although defenseless, are protected from predators by their resemblance to females that are equipped with stingers.]
n
(ecology, of a parasite or dependent organism) The fact of completing an entire life cycle on a single host species.
n
The infection of a primary host with a parasite, particularly a helminth, in such a way that the complete life cycle of the parasite happens in a single organism, without the involvement of another host.
n
(ecology) The advantage gained by some members of a species from their resemblance to others of the same species. Males of many bees and wasps, although defenseless, are protected from predators by their resemblance to females that are equipped with stingers.
adj
Relating to autoparasitism
n
A form of parasitism in which a parasite infects another individual of the same species
n
a parasitoid that practices autoparasitism
adj
(biology) Having an attraction to bacteria (typically symbiotic)
n
(biology) A phase in which microbial organisms are prevented from undergoing further cell growth, without being actually killed.
n
(biology) An organism that is host to an epibiont
n
(uncountable, biology) A form of symbiosis in which a soft-bodied organism lives entirely within a harder-bodied one
n
(biology) Any parasite that cannot survive in a dead host and therefore keeps it alive
adj
(biology) Describing a parasite or symbiont that needs its host in order to stay alive.
n
(biology) The condition of being biotrophic
n
(botany, mycology) A parasitic relationship in which the parasite feeds on a living host organism without killing it
adj
parasitic on another parasite
adj
Describing a parasite that feeds on another parasite
n
(ecology) An organism involved in chemosymbiosis
n
(ecology) A form of symbiosis in which a bacterium provides chemically-derived energy and nutrients, often via the oxidation of hydrogen sulfide, to a higher organism
adj
Surrounding (the action of) a parasite
n
(biology) Any organism that steals the food of another
n
(biology) The action of a cleptobiont
adj
(biology) Relating to cleptobiosis
n
Alternative spelling of kleptoparasite [(biology) An animal that engages in kleptoparasitism.]
adj
Alternative spelling of kleptoparasitic [Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.]
n
Alternative spelling of kleptoparasitism [The parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc. from animals of the same or another species.]
adj
Alternative form of kleptoparasitoid [Relating to or characteristic of a kleptoparasite]
n
(biology) The act of two species living together in the same habitat.
n
(ecology) An organism partaking in a commensal relationship.
n
(ecology) A sharing of the same environment by two organisms where one species benefits and the other is unaffected. An example is barnacles on whales.
n
(biology) Any organism that practices commensalism
n
(biology) A close, prolonged association between two or more organisms of different species.
n
(biology) A group of symbiotic microbes.
n
The condition of being copiotrophic
n
The joint preservation of two or more organisms.
adj
Describing visual identification of parasites in feces
n
(biology) The ability of an organism to avoid observation.
n
(biology) Any organism capable of cryptobiosis
n
(biology) A state of life, entered by some organisms, in which all metabolic activity is temporarily halted
n
(biology) A symbiont of a cyanobacterium and an eukaryote
n
(biology) An organism involved in cytobiosis.
n
(biology) Symbiosis in which one of the symbiotic organisms exists within a cells of the other.
adj
(biology, of a parasite) That lives within a cell
n
(ecology) The host in which a parasite reproduces sexually.
adj
Relating to an ecoparasite
n
(biology) Any organism fixed to the outside of the host's body
adj
(biology, of a parasite or symbiont) living on the outside of the tissues of a host
n
(ecology) A commensal organism that lives on the surface of another organism
n
(ecology) commensalism in which one organism is outside of the other
adj
(zoology, of a pathogenic organism) Able to survive outside of its host
n
A parasite that lives on the surface of a host organism; such as the Demodex mite, which lives in human hair and eyelashes.
adj
parasitised by ectoparasites
n
The condition of being an ectoparasite.
v
To parasitise with ectoparasites
n
An ectoparasitic parasitoid.
n
(ecology) A partner in a symbiotic relationship that remains on the surface of its host or occupies a body cavity
n
(ecology) A form of symbiosis in which a partner (the ectosymbiont) remains on the surface of its host
adj
Of or pertaining to ectosymbiosis or an ectosymbiont.
adj
(biology, of a parasite) That obtains nourishment from outside of its host
n
(biology, now historical) The outdated hypothesis that all living things proceed from pre-existing germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, enclosed one within another.
n
(ecology) Any organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism
n
The condition of being endobiotic
adj
(of a parasite or symbiont) living within the tissues of a host.
n
(ecology) commensalism in which one organism is inside of the other. An example is a bird living in the hollow of a tree.
n
(biology) An endocytobiotic organism
n
(biology) A form of symbiosis in which one organism lives within the cytoplasm of another
n
(biology) An endophytic mutualist
n
Behaviour of endoparasites.
n
An endoparasitic parasitoid
n
(biology) A pathogen that lives inside its host, typically until the host is dead
n
Any organism (generally a bacterium, fungus or alga) that lives inside a plant
adj
Alternative form of endophytic [Of or relating to an endophyte.]
n
The condition of being endophytic
n
The condition of being endophytic
adj
(biology, of a parasite) That settles down within a host
adj
That lives within a body or cells of another organism. Forming an endosymbiosis.
adj
(biology, of some parasitic fungi) obtaining nourishment from within another organism
n
Alternative form of endoparasite [A parasite that lives inside the body of an organism, such as a tapeworm.]
adj
Alternative form of endoparasitic [Of or pertaining to endoparasites.]
n
(ecology) Any plant or fungus growing as a parasite within another organism
n
(ecology) Any organism that lives on the surface of another living organism
adj
(biology) That lives on the surface of another organism
n
(biology) The condition of being epibiontic
n
(biology) A relationship between two organisms, one of which lives or grows on the other, but is not parasitic on it
n
(ecology) The organisms that live on the surface of another one
adj
Living on the surface of another organism.
n
(biology) epibiotic microbiota
n
(biology) A group of organisms (such as a hive of bees) regarded as a single organism
n
A parasite that feeds on another parasite.
adj
Describing an epibiotic parasitic relationship.
n
Behaviour of epiparasites.
n
(biology) A fungus that grows on a plant but does not feed upon it saprotrophically (an epiphytic fungus); the science of detecting and studying any such symbiosis as may be involved in this relationship is still developing.
n
(ecology) An epibiotic symbiont
adj
Of or relating to an epibiotic symbiotic relationship.
adj
(less commonly) In a parasitic way, as an external parasite.
n
(less commonly) In a parasitic way, as an external parasite.
adj
Describing a bacterium that interacts with eukaryotes, either as a pathogen or as a symbiont
adj
(biology, of a parasite) Having a broad range of hosts
n
(biology) Alternative form of ectoparasite [A parasite that lives on the surface of a host organism; such as the Demodex mite, which lives in human hair and eyelashes.]
n
(biology) Any parasite that feeds outside of its host
n
Any exosymbiotic organism
n
A form of symbiosis in which one organism lives on the exterior of another
adj
Alternative form of extraparasitic [Outside of a parasite]
n
(biology) A parasite that feeds on the exuvia of its host
adj
(biology, of a parasite) Relating to an exuviotroph
adj
Of bacteria, necrotizing.
adj
(biology) (of an organism) That lives independently of other organisms rather than part of a symbiotic or parasitic relationship
n
(biology) Any organism that lives in the soil
n
(biology) Any laboratory animal having a specified and completely known microflora and microfauna.
n
(biology) The specified and completely known microfauna and microflora of a gnotobiont
n
Alternative form of gnotobiont [(biology) Any laboratory animal having a specified and completely known microflora and microfauna.]
n
(zoology) A form of mutualism in which one species is forced to perform tasks for another, for their mutual benefit
n
The condition of being hemibiotrophic
n
(botany) Any parasitic plant that obtains energy by photosynthesis as well as from its host
n
The condition of being a hemiparasite.
adj
(biology) living on one host at one stage (or generation) and then upon another in the next
n
A heterobiotic community
adj
(biology) Describing a parasite whose life cycle is alternated with that of free-living generation
n
(biology) Any plant that obtains its nourishment from other (living or dead) plants; includes parasites and saprophytes
adj
(biology) parasitic to two different types of host (typically as part of a complex life cycle)
adj
(biology, of a parasite) That lives within the tissue / cells of a host
n
(ecology) A host organism plus its associated microorganisms
n
A holoparasitic organism.
adj
(botany) Of or pertaining to a plant sustaining itself entirely through parasitism.
n
(biology) The condition of being holoparasitic or of being a holoparasite
n
(biology) A holobiont considered to be in a symbiotic relationship
adj
(biology) Describing a parasite that is not heterogonic
n
(ecology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
n
(biology) parasitism by one parasite upon another
v
To undergo hyperparasitism
adj
parasitized by a hyperparasite
n
A secondary parasitoid, developing or subsisting on another parasitoid.
n
(biology, entomology) The situation of one organism carrying another organism, which is itself carrying a third organism, due to phoresy.
n
An organism which is a parasite on an immobile host
n
(biology) The condition of being idiobiont
n
(biology, rare) Antagonism between same species in a shared environment.
n
(biology) An animal that engages in kleptoparasitism.
adj
Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
adj
One that employs kleptoparasitism.
n
The parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc. from animals of the same or another species.
n
Synonym of kleptoparasite
n
Any organism in a kleptoplastic relationship
n
(biology) A symbiotic phenomenon whereby plastids from algae are sequestered by host organisms.
n
(biology) A parasitoid whose host continues to feed and grow after parasitization.
n
(biology) The continued development of a host following infection by a parasite
n
(biology) The symbiotic relationship that gives rise to a lichen.
n
(biology) Any parasite that is visible to the naked eye
adj
Of or pertaining to macroparasites.
n
(biology) A positive deviation from eubiosis
adj
(biology) Describing a relationship between a parasite and a host in which the host survives despite the dominance of the parasite.
n
(biology) A parasitic copepod that lives partly embedded in its host, usually with the anterior end forming an anchor process.
adj
Of or relating to mesoparasites.
n
(biology) The role of a mesoparasite.
n
A form of commensalism in which one organism creates or prepares a suitable environment for another.
adj
(biology) Describing the infective part of the life cycle of trypanosomes outside the body of a host
n
(biology) Any microscopic epibiont
n
(biology) predation among microorganisms
n
(biology) The colonisation of an otherwise germ-free organism with microbes of a single species
adj
(pathology) infected with a single type of microorganism
n
(pathology) infection with a single type of microorganism
n
infection with a single parasite
adj
parasitized with a single species of parasite
adj
Relating to multiple parasites
adj
Having multiple types of parasite
n
A form of parasitism in which the host is attacked by more than one species of parasitoid at the same time.
adj
infested with multiple types of parasite
n
(ecology) Any interaction between two species that benefits both; typically involves the exchange of substances or services.
n
(medicine, biology) A mycological biome.
n
(biology, genetics) The genomics of fungi
adj
Alternative form of mycoparasitic [Of or pertaining to mycoparasites]
n
parasitism of one fungus on another
n
The scientific study of mycoplasma.
n
(biology) Any fungus that has a symbiotic relationship with a plant
n
(biology) A form of symbiosis in which one organism (typically a nematode) uses the host both to transport it to new food sources and as a source of food upon its death
adj
Thriving on death or on dead things.
adj
(of an animal) That carries the dead body of its own kind, for disposal or otherwise
adj
(biology) Describing a parasite that kills its host, then feeds on the dead matter.
n
(biology) An intrastadial metamorphosis associated with arthropod symbiosis
n
A microorganism that modifies an existing disease in order to survive
n
(biology) a pathogenic microorganism of the plant kingdom
n
(biology, pathology) The collective pathogenic potential of a microbial community
adj
(biology, of a parasite) Having a single species of host
n
(ecology) Any oligosaprobic organism
adj
(biology, of a parasite) Having several hosts during its life cycle
n
(biology) The resorption of a developing egg typically as a response to a parasite
adj
(biology) Of or pertaining to panspermia
n
An organism or community engaged in or united in a state of parabiosis
n
A transient physiological state of suspension of obvious vital activities such as to enable an organism to escape the notice of its enemies or to conserve its energy.
n
(biology) facultative diapause
adj
(zoology, botany) parasitic
adj
(nonstandard) Parasitic.
n
(nonstandard) parasitization
n
(biology) An organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism.
v
To live on or in a host organism as a parasite.
adj
Alternative form of parasitized
n
(ecology) Interaction between two organisms, in which one organism (the parasite) benefits and the other (the host) is harmed.
v
to live on or in a host organism as a parasite
n
All the parasites that inhabit an animal (or a specified part of an animal)
n
(biology) parasitic animal(s)
n
Any organism that is parasitic during part of its life cycle, especially one that eventually kills its host.
adj
Of or pertaining to parasitoids.
n
infection with a parasitoid
n
parasitism by a parasitoid
n
(biology) The condition of being parasitoid
n
(biology) All the parasites (in any form) of a host organism
adj
Based around an intracellular parasite
n
(biology) A parasymbiotic symbiont
n
(biology) The condition of being parasymbiotic
adj
(ecology, of a host) Not needed for the development of the parasite, but nevertheless serving to maintain the parasite's life cycle.
n
Any potentially pathological (disease-causing) organism which, under normal circumstances, lives as a non-harming symbiont
n
Synonym of pathosymbiont
n
(biology) An ecosystem based on parasitism
n
(biology) The region surrounding a host within which a pathogen is able to infect it
adj
Surrounding a parasite
adj
(biology) Surrounding a symbiont
n
A photosynthetic symbiont, especially those in symbiosis with fungi in lichen.
n
(biology) A photosynthetic endosymbiont
n
(biology) An organism in a photosymbiotic relationship
n
symbiosis in which one of the participants is capable of photosynthesis
n
(biology) phyletic symbiosis
adj
(biology) parasitic with a plant host
n
(ecology) A parasitic plant.
n
A symbiont that is a plant
n
(biology) The condition of being planktotrophic or of being a planktotroph
n
A social insect or species that lives in a plesiobiotic manner.
adj
Concerning multiple parasites
n
The presence of multiple parasites on the same host
adj
infected with many different parasites
adj
(biology) Following a parasitic stage
adj
prior to becoming a parasite
n
(biology) The stage in the development of an organism during which the necessary biochemical changes are made to allow a move from asymbiosis to symbiosis
adj
(biology) Describing the time, or developmental stages, before the development of a symbiotic relationship.
n
The mutual beneficial effect that two organisms have on each other
adj
(biology) Describes an organism that begins as a parasite but emerges as a free-living adult
n
An aggregation of organic molecules, surrounded by a membrane, that abiotically coalesces into resemblances of living matter; thought to be the precursors of prokaryotic cells
n
(biology) The situation where two species interact with each other beneficially, without having a specific need to do so.
n
A temporary parasite (typically present due to accidental ingestion)
adj
Being or relating to a pseudoparasite.
n
infestation with pseudoparasites
v
To infest with pseudoparasites
adj
infested with pseudoparasites
n
(biology) parasitism by a pseudoparasite
n
Alternative form of pseudoparasitisation [infestation with pseudoparasites]
v
Alternative form of pseudoparasitise [To infest with pseudoparasites]
adj
Alternative form of pseudoparasitised [infested with pseudoparasites]
n
A species that acts as host to a zoonosis when it is not causing acute illness in other susceptible species.
adj
Alternative form of saprobiotic [(biology) Relating to saprobes, or to saprobiosis]
adj
(biology) Relating to saprobes, or to saprobiosis
n
The condition of being saprotrophic
n
(virology) An obligate association between two viruses
adj
(biology) Partially endoparasitic
adj
(botany) Describing a plant that, although it uses photosynthesis, obtains some nutrition from other plants.
n
The quality of being semiparasitic.
n
(biology) Conversion to a solitary lifestyle
adj
(biology, of a parasite) Having a narrow range of potential hosts
n
(entomology) Parasitization by strepsipteran insects.
n
Any organism that infests another in very large numbers
adj
Of or relating to superparasitism.
n
A form of parasitism in which the host (typically an insect larva such as a caterpillar) is attacked more than once by a single species of parasitoid.
v
To parasitize as a superparasite
n
A lichen fungus that is a photobiont
n
(biology) The merging of two separate organisms to form a single new organism.
n
A biome of the symbiotic relationships between species
n
(biology) A symbiotic organelle
n
(ecology) An organism that lives in a symbiotic relationship.
n
The property of being a symbiont.
n
(biology) The condition of being symbiontic
adj
Associated with symbionts
adj
(biology) Relating to symbiophagy
v
To take part in symbiosis.
n
(biology) A close, prolonged association between two or more organisms of different species, regardless of benefit to the members.
n
(biology) homeostasis in a symbiotic relationship
n
(zoology) An organism that derives nourishment through a symbiotic relationship with another organism.
n
(zoology) The state of being a symbiotroph
n
(biology) The type of symbiont.
n
(entomology) The condition of being a symphile.
n
(biology) The relationship between the individuals of different species (especially of bacteria) in which one or both benefit nutritionally from the presence of the other
adj
(biology) Having an animal parasite that is not causing any symptoms
adj
(ecology) Describing a parasite that feeds on another parasite that feeds on a third parasite.
n
The condition of being trophic
n
Any specific form of nutrition involving the tissue of another organism
n
The provider of food in trophobiosis.
n
(zoology) A symbiotic association in which one organism obtains or provides food for another.
adj
Caused by a single (type of) parasite
n
(biology) Any organism found in surroundings, or in association with another organism, in which it is normally absent
n
(biology) A form of symbiosis where one species of ant lives with another and the two species raise their young separately.
n
infection of one species by an organism that normally infects another
n
The microbiota from another individual or species
n
An ectoparasite that becomes pathogenic only when the host is weakened or injured
n
Any material that is pathogenic to animals (and man)
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