biont

1. 1.

   a discrete unit of living matter

   Broaderliving thing

Other forms of biont

plural

bionts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about biont

What does biont mean?

biont means "a discrete unit of living matter".

How many syllables are in biont?

biont has 2 syllables: bi-ont. The stress falls on "bi".

Is biont a common word?

biont is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.