Mary and Sally have a relationship of commensalism with each other.
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Commensalism
//kəˈmɛnsəˌlɪzm̩//
Synonyms for "commensalism" (36 found)
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Related words (18)
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10 translations across 8 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 偏利共生 noun (sharing of the same environment)
- 片利共生 noun (sharing of the same environment)
Finnish
2 entries- kommensalismi noun (sharing of the same environment)
- pöytävierassuhde noun (sharing of the same environment)
German
1 entries- Kommensalismus noun (sharing of the same environment)
Hindi
1 entries- सहभोजिता noun (sharing of the same environment)
Japanese
1 entries- 片利共生 noun (sharing of the same environment)
Polish
1 entries- komensalizm noun (sharing of the same environment)
Portuguese
1 entries- comensalismo noun (sharing of the same environment)
Spanish
1 entries- comensalismo noun (sharing of the same environment)
Sample sentences
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Symbiosis and commensalism must be distinguished from parasitism, which indicates that all the advantage is on the side of the parasite, and nothing but loss on the side of the host.
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