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Definition of Commensals
1. commensal [n] - See also: commensal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commensals
Literary usage of Commensals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1905)
"Of ninety-nine tubes collected and opened eleven were found without commensals
while the remaining eighty-eight enclosed two annelids of the genus Nereis ..."
2. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1918)
"... more reason for assuming genetic connection in the case of any of the forms
mentioned later. They may be merely commensals favored by the environment ..."
3. A History of Eton College, 1440-1875 by Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell Lyte (1877)
"... Chrysostom—Chamber, Robyns, Charke, and Mountague—The commensals—Philip
Lytton—Dismissal of a Head-Master—Death of Sir Henry Savile—Provost Murray. ..."
4. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"There could be no doubt that the latter were true commensals,— perhaps the ...
The worker ants lick and cleanse the commensals at the same time that they ..."
5. A History of Eton College, 1440-1884 by Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell Lyte, Henry Charles Maxwell Lyte (1889)
"... Adam Robyns, William Charke, and Richard Mountague—The commensals—Philip
Lytton—Dismissal of a Head-Master—Death of Sir Henry Savile—Provost Murray. ..."
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