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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMMENSALISM

COMMENSALISM Com *men "sal *ism, n.

 

Defn: The act of eating together; table fellowship.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

commensalism

com men sal ism |kəˈmensəˌlizəm kəˈmɛnsəˌlɪzəm | ▶noun Biology an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm.

 

Oxford Dictionary

commensalism

com |mens ¦al |ism |kəˈmɛns (ə )lɪz (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Biology an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm.