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commensal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun commensal has 1 sense
- commensal(n = noun.animal) Array - either of two different animal or plant species living in close association but not interdependent; Array is a kind of being, organism
Derived form adjective commensal1
Adjective commensal has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
commensal, n. [LL. commensalis; L. com- + mensa table: cf. F. commensal. Cf. Mensal.].
- One who eats at the same table. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
commensal, a.
Having the character of a commensal. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
commensal, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 Biol. of, relating to, or exhibiting commensalism.
2 (of a person) eating at the same table as another.
--n.
1 Biol. a commensal organism.
2 one who eats at the same table as another.
--adj.
1 Biol. of, relating to, or exhibiting commensalism.
2 (of a person) eating at the same table as another.
--n.
1 Biol. a commensal organism.
2 one who eats at the same table as another.
Derivative
commensality n.
Etymology
ME f. F commensal or med.L commensalis (in sense 2) (as COM-, mensa table)
THESAURUS
commensal
cannibal, cannibalistic, carnivorous, coacting, coactive, coadjutant, coadjuvant, coefficient, collaborative, collective, collectivist, collectivistic, collusive, combined, common, communal, communalist, communalistic, communist, communistic, communitarian, concerted, concordant, concurrent, concurring, conniving, cooperant, cooperating, cooperative, dietetic, dining, eating, ecological, ecotopic, ecumenic, feeding, fellow, flesh-eating, fruitarian, gastronomic, gluttonous, grain-eating, graminivorous, granivorous, grass-eating, harmonious, harmonized, herbivorous, insect-eating, insectivorous, joint, lactovegetarian, man-eating, meat-eating, mensal, mutual, noncompetitive, nourishing, nutritious, omnivorous, omophagous, pantophagous, parasitic, phytivorous, phytophagous, plant-eating, postprandial, prandial, predacious, preprandial, reciprocal, symbiotic, synergetic, synergic, synergistic, uncompetitive, vegetable-eating, vegetarian
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