| Title: | "ASK THE WIZARDS" |
| Moderator: | QUARK::LIONEL |
| Created: | Mon Oct 30 1995 |
| Last Modified: | Mon May 12 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1857 |
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Return-Path: "VMS001::WWW"@vms001.das-x.dec.com Received: by vmsmkt.zko.dec.com (UCX V4.1-12, OpenVMS V6.2 VAX); Thu, 6 Feb 1997 18:09:48 -0500 Received: from vms001 by mail11.digital.com (8.7.5/UNX 1.5/1.0/WV) id SAA12729; Thu, 6 Feb 1997 18:01:50 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 18:02:20 -0500 Message-Id: <[email protected]> From: "VMS001::WWW"@vms001.das-x.dec.com (06-Feb-1997 1802) To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Subject: Ask the Wizard: '[email protected]' X-VMS-To: [email protected] Remote Host: (null) Browser Type: Mozilla/3.0Gold (Win95; I) Remote Info: <null> Name: Bruce MacDonald Email Address: [email protected] CPU Architecture: VAX Version: Other Questions: What is the origin of the word "symbiont"? Is it an acronym? What does it mean? Thank you.
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| 1534.1 | From The Greek Word Sumbioum | XDELTA::HOFFMAN | Steve, OpenVMS Engineering | Tue Feb 11 1997 11:10 | 12 |
:What is the origin of the word "symbiont"? Is it an :acronym? What does it mean? Thank you. Symbiont, n. One of the organisms in a symbiotic relationship. The word orginates from the Greek sumbioum, to live together. Another name sometimes used is demon (or daemon). A daemon is an attendent spirit; genius. Or one who is extremely zealous, skillful, or engrossed in a given activity. <Above from American Heritage Dictionary, 2nd College Edition> | |||||