commensalismn.
/kəˈmɛnsəlɪz(ə)m/ A commensal condition.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > balance of nature > relationships of organisms > [noun] > symbiosis or mutualism
commensalism1870
mutualism1874
mutuality1876
symbiosis1882
messmatism1886
individualism1897
individuation1897
parasymbiosis1897
metabiosis1899
helotism1900
symbiotism1902
specificity1924
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life Introd. 42.
1872 J. D. Dana Corals & Coral Islands i. 24 Now and then an Actinia puts itself on the back of a crab..a kind of association styled commensalism by Van Beneden.
1885 A. W. Bennett tr. O. W. Thomé Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 5) vi. 267 In the Lichens we have the most remarkable instance in the vegetable kingdom of..symbiosis or commensalism.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
<
n.1870