Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An association between two organisms of different species in which one is harmed or inhibited while the other is unaffected.
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- noun A form of
symbiosis in which onespecies isharmed orimpeded and the other isunaffected .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Probably a– + (com)mensalism.]
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Among them are commensalism, in which one species benefits and the other is unaffected; mutualism, in which both parties benefit; amensalism, in which at least one species is harmful to the other; and parasitism, in which, between two species living together, at least one benefits at the expense of the other.
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