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Noun Concept

Categories: Symbiosis, Biological interactions, Articles with short description

commensalism commensal bacteria commensal bacterium commensal flora commensal organism

The relation between two different kinds of organisms when one receives benefits from the other without damaging it WordNet 3.0

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The relation between two different kinds of organisms when one receives benefits from the other without damaging it WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Commensalism is a long-term biological interaction in which members of one species gain benefits while those of the other species neither benefit nor are harmed. Wikipedia

A sharing of the same environment by two organisms where one species benefits and the other is unaffected. An example is barnacles on whales. Wiktionary

Sharing of the same environment. Wiktionary (translation)

IS A

mutuality

symbiosis

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet