Commensal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or characterized by a symbiotic relationship in which one species is benefited while the other is unaffected.
  • n. An organism participating in a symbiotic relationship in which one species derives some benefit while the other is unaffected.
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  • adj. of a form of symbiosis in which one organism derives a benefit while the other is unaffected
  • n. An organism partaking in a commensal relationship.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who eats at the same table.
  • n. An animal, not truly parasitic, which lives in, with, or on, another, partaking usually of the same food. Both species may be benefited by the association.
  • adj. Having the character of a commensal.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Eating together at the same table.
  • In zoology and botany, living with as a tenant or coinhabitant, but not as a parasite; inquiline. See II., 2.
  • n. One who eats at the same table with another or others.
  • n. In zoology and botany, one of two animals or plants which live together, but neither at the expense of the other; an animal or a plant as a tenant, but not a true parasite, of another; an inquiline.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. either of two different animal or plant species living in close association but not interdependent
  • adj. living in a state of commensalism
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    being    organism   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    companion    messmate    guest    inquiline    trenchmate   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    disease-producing    nonpathogenic    non-pathogenic    rod-shaped    symbiotic   
     
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