Dictionary

commensalism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kəˈmɛnsəˌlɪzm̩/

Etymology

Etymology tree English commensal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English commensalism From commensal + -ism.

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

endocommensalism · commensalistic · ectocommensalism

Translations (10)

pt comensalismo (sharing of the same environment) · fi pöytävierassuhde (sharing of the same environment) · de Kommensalismus (sharing of the same environment) · fi kommensalismi (sharing of the same environment) · cmn 偏利共生 (sharing of the same environment) · cmn 片利共生 (sharing of the same environment) · hi सहभोजिता (sharing of the same environment) · es comensalismo (sharing of the same environment) · pl komensalizm (sharing of the same environment) · ja 片利共生 (sharing of the same environment)