amphibiotic
amphibiotic
1. Applied to an organism that can live with a host organism either parasitically or mutualistically. See mutualism and parasitism.
2. Living in water (larval form) and later on land (adult form).
1. Applied to an organism that can live with a host organism either parasitically or mutualistically. See mutualism and parasitism.
2. Living in water (larval form) and later on land (adult form).
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