Associations to the word «Commensalism»

Wiktionary

COMMENSALISM, noun. (ecology) A sharing of the same environment by two organisms where one species benefits and the other is unaffected. An example is barnacles on whales.
COMMENSALISM, noun. The act of eating together; table fellowship.

Dictionary definition

COMMENSALISM, noun. The relation between two different kinds of organisms when one receives benefits from the other without damaging it.

Wise words

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