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Definition of commensal adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

commensal

adjective

NAmE//kəˈmɛnsl//

(biology)

living on another animal or plant and getting food from the situation, but doing no harm commensal organisms

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commensalism

NAmE//kəˈmɛnsəˌlɪzəm//

noun [uncountable]See commensal in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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