agribiont

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

agri- +‎ -biont

Noun[edit]

agribiont (plural agribionts)

  1. (biology) Any organism that lives mainly in an agricultural environment
    • 2015 August 27, “Organic Farming: Biodiversity Impacts Can Depend on Dispersal Characteristics and Landscape Context”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Female spiders of one agribiont genus, Pardosa (Lycosidae), which are hunting spiders, were found to be in better condition in landscapes dominated by arable crops [62 ].