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Definition of Commensalism

1. Noun. The relation between two different kinds of organisms when one receives benefits from the other without damaging it.

Definition of Commensalism

1. n. The act of eating together; table fellowship.

Definition of Commensalism

1. Noun. (biology) A sharing of the same environment by two organisms where one species benefits and the other is unaffected. An example is barnacles on whales. ¹

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Definition of Commensalism

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Medical Definition of Commensalism

1. A type of symbiosis where two (or more) organisms from different species live in close proximity to one another, in which one member is unaffected by the relationship and the other benefits from it. (09 Oct 1997)

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Literary usage of Commensalism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"The phenomena included in symbiosis may be conveniently grouped under the subheads, parasitism and commensalism.1 Parasitism is that form of symbiosis in ..."

2. Animal Life: A First Book of Zoölogy by David Starr Jordan, Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1900)
"This kind of association is called commensalism or symbiosis. The term commensalism may be used to denote a condition where the two animals are not so ..."

3. Household Bacteriology for Students in Domestic Sciences by Estelle Denis Buchanan, Robert Earle Buchanan (1913)
"... and commensalism. — The substances excreted by microorganisms and the compounds they form are often of significance to other organisms. ..."

4. Animals: A Text-book of Zoology by David Starr Jordan, Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Harold Heath (1905)
"This kind of association is called commensalism or symbiosis. The term commensalism may be used to denote a condition where the two animals are not so ..."

5. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1895)
"CHAPTER III ENEMIES OF THE MOLLUSCA — MEANS OF DEFENCE — MIMICRY AND PROTECTIVE COLORATION — PARASITIC MOLLUSCA — commensalism — VARIATION Enemies of the ..."

6. Agriculture in Some of Its Relations with Chemistry by Frank Humphreys Storer (1897)
"Much in the same way that this commensalism occurs among the lower animals, so also among plants examples of mutual de- ..."

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