Associations to the word «Commensal»

Wiktionary

COMMENSAL, adjective. (ecology) of a form of symbiosis in which one organism derives a benefit while the other is unaffected
COMMENSAL, noun. (ecology) An organism partaking in a commensal relationship.
COMMENSAL, noun. One who eats at the same table.

Dictionary definition

COMMENSAL, noun. Either of two different animal or plant species living in close association but not interdependent.
COMMENSAL, adjective. Living in a state of commensalism.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope