Bion n. (Biol.) The physiological individual, characterized by definiteness and independence of function, in distinction from the morphological individual or morphon.
... yes, I know— The old Greek idylls about which you rave, Theocritus and his melodious flow Of verse, and all that Moschus sang o'er Bion's grave. ... — Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XII. No. 31. October, 1873. • Various
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