"commensalism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kəˈmɛnsəˌlɪzm̩/ Forms: commensalisms [plural]
Etymology: commensal + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|commensal|ism}} commensal + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} commensalism (countable and uncountable, plural commensalisms)
  1. (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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Ecology Translations (sharing of the same environment): 片利共生 (piànlì-gòngshēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 偏利共生 (piānlì-gòngshēng) (Chinese Mandarin), pöytävierassuhde (Finnish), kommensalismi (Finnish), Kommensalismus [masculine] (German), 片利共生 (henrikyōsei) (Japanese), komensalizm [masculine] (Polish), comensalismo [masculine] (Portuguese), comensalismo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-commensalism-en-noun-MX1226u7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 72 28 Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'sharing of the same environment': 98 2
  2. The act of eating together; table fellowship. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-commensalism-en-noun-hmp-jAGk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: commensalistic, ectocommensalism, endocommensalism

Inflected forms

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