Commensalism Definition

kə-mĕnsə-lĭzəm
noun
A close association or union between two kinds of organisms, in which one is benefited by the relationship and the other is neither benefited nor harmed.
Webster's New World
The act of eating together; table fellowship.
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Noun

Singular:
commensalism
Plural:
commensalisms

Origin of Commensalism

Commensalism Sentence Examples

  • Among many remarkable qualities they have been distinguished from the earliest times by a species of commensalism, or power of living among other nations without becoming either socially merged or politically distinct.

  • Commensalism occurs in a few instances, but parasitism either external or internal is rare.

  • From this we may pass through various grades of " commensalism," like that of the hermit-crab with its protective anemones, to the cases of actual parasitism.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOM

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MSMISM

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Words Starting With C and Ending With M

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12 Letter Words12 Letter Words Starting With C12 Letter Words Ending With M