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Commensalism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Commensalism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the relation between two different kinds of organisms when one receives benefits from the other without damaging it

2

A sharing of the same environment by two organisms where one species benefits and the other is unaffected. An example is barnacles on whales.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
mutuality
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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