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bi·ont

 (bī′ŏnt′)
n.
An individual organism, especially a symbiont.
[From -biont or back-formation from halobiont, symbiont, etc.]
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biont

(ˈbaɪɒnt)
n
(Biology) a living thing
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Noun1.biont - a discrete unit of living matterbiont - a discrete unit of living matter  
animate thing, living thing - a living (or once living) entity
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