Definition of 'endosymbiosis'
noun
a type of symbiosis in which one organism lives inside the other, the two typically behaving as a single organism. It is believed to be the means by which such organelles as mitochondria and chloroplasts arose within eukaryotic cells
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Used Rarely. endosymbiosis is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary
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