The fish (AMPHIPRION PERCULA) "intel-intel" of the blacks, is said to be commensal (literally, dining at the same table with its host), as distinguished from the parasite, which lives on its host.
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Commensal
//kəˈmɛnsəl//
Synonyms for "commensal" (82 found)
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20 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- паразитизъм adj (of a form of symbiosis)
- паразит noun (organism partaking in a commensal relationship)
- сътрапезник noun (One who eats at the same table)
Catalan
1 entries- comensal noun (One who eats at the same table)
Finnish
2 entries- kommensaalinen adj (of a form of symbiosis)
- pöytävieras noun (organism partaking in a commensal relationship)
French
2 entries- commensale noun (One who eats at the same table)
- convive noun (One who eats at the same table)
German
2 entries- Tischgenosse noun (One who eats at the same table)
- Tischgenossin noun (One who eats at the same table)
Greek
1 entries- συνδαιτυμόνας noun (One who eats at the same table)
Hindi
1 entries- सहभोज adj (of a form of symbiosis)
Italian
1 entries- commensale noun (One who eats at the same table)
Polish
4 entries- komensaliczny adj (of a form of symbiosis)
- komensal noun (organism partaking in a commensal relationship)
- współbiesiadniczka noun (One who eats at the same table)
- współbiesiadnik noun (One who eats at the same table)
Portuguese
1 entries- comensal noun (One who eats at the same table)
Spanish
2 entries- comensal adj (of a form of symbiosis)
- comensal noun (organism partaking in a commensal relationship)
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With this there is also associated the grazing or herding over wider or more restricted areas, belonging either collectively or discretely to the community, of sheep, cattle, goats, or swine, and almost always the domestic fowl is commensal with man in this life.
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The tree did indeed grow right out of the algae, as I had seen from the lifeboat. There was not the least trace of soil. Either there was soil deeper down, or this species of tree was a remarkable instance of a commensal or a parasite.
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Colville ordered it, and was sorry when the last of his commensals, slightly bowing him a good-night, left him alone to it.
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