metabiosis

metabiosis
metabiotic /met'euh buy ot"ik/, adj.metabiotically, adv.
/met'euh buy oh"sis/, n. Biol.
a mode of living in which one organism is dependent on another for preparation of an environment in which it can live.
[1895-1900; META- + -BIOSIS]

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