mutualisticallyadv.
/ˌmjuːtʃʊəˈlɪstᵻkli/, /ˌmjuːtʃᵿˈlɪstᵻkli/, /ˌmjuːtʃlˈɪstᵻkli/, /ˌmjuːtjʊəˈlɪstᵻkli/, /ˌmjuːtjᵿˈlɪstᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌmjutʃ(u)wəˈlɪstək(ə)li/ Chiefly Biology.
In a mutualistic way; by mutualism; according to mutualist principles.
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the world > life > biology > balance of nature > relationships of organisms > [adverb] > symbiosis or mutualism
symbiotically1888
mutualistically1919
1919 Econ. Jrnl. 29 379 There is nothing to prevent its being based upon an intimate co-operation with its clients—debtors and creditors—or with mutualistically organised combinations of the same.
1949 W. C. Allee et al. Princ. Animal Ecol. xvii. 251 There does not appear to be any development of a strict taxonomic relation like that in so many examples of mutualistically paired species in which pollination is involved.
1967 V. Ahmadjian Lichen Symbiosis iv. 78 In some Collema lichens the fungal hyphae periodically destroy certain parts of the algal colony while living mutualistically with the rest.
1997 Jrnl. Field Ornithol. 68 144 Where passerine diversity is often low, such as tundra, bogs, and shoreline meadows, nonpasserine ‘waterbirds’ may interact mutualistically with plants.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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