aposymbiosis

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

apo- +‎ symbiosis

Noun[edit]

aposymbiosis (countable and uncountable, plural aposymbioses)

  1. (ecology) A form of symbiosis in which two species live independently of each other, but their life cycles affect one another.