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ectosymbiont

ec·to·sym·bi·ont [ èktō símbee ònt ] (plural ec·to·sym·bi·onts)


noun 
Definition:
 
beneficial organism on surface of another: an organism that lives on the surface of another organism to the benefit of both, e.g. any of the microbes that normally live on the skin

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