Define the word Commensal"Commensal" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Commensal \Com*men"sal\, n. [LL. commensalis; L. com- + mensa
table: cf. F. commensal. Cf. Mensal.]
1. One who eats at the same table. [Obs.]
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2. (Zool.) 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.
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"Commensal" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Commensal \Com*men"sal\, a.
Having the character of a commensal.
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"commensal" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
commensal
adj : living in a state of commensalism
n : either of two different animal or plant species living in
close association but not interdependent
"commensal" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "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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