† messmatismn.
Obsolete.
= commensalism n.Apparently an isolated use.
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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
1886 London Q. Rev. July 246 Marine Messmatism. One of the most interesting features of life in the waters is that which has been called ‘Commensalism’, or, if we may adopt a newly coined word, ‘Messmatism’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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