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commensal definition

com·men·sal (kə men′səl)

noun

  1. a companion at meals
  2. Biol. either of the organisms living in commensalism

Etymology: ME < ML commensalis < L com-, with + mensa, table: see mensal

adjective

designating, of, or like a commensal

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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