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commensalism
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commensalism /com·men·sal·ism/ (-izm) symbiosis in which one population (or individual) is benefited and the other is neither benefited nor harmed.
com·men·sal·ism (k-mns-lzm)
n.
A symbiotic relationship in which one organism derives benefit and the other is unharmed.
commensalism
[kəmen′səliz′əm]
a symbiosis in which one species benefits but the other species is neither helped nor harmed.
commensalism
symbiosis in which one population (or individual) is benefited and the other is neither benefited nor harmed.


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