commensalism
(kəˈmɛnsəlɪz(ə)m)
[f. prec. + -ism; cf. parasitism.]
A commensal condition.
| 1870 Rolleston Anim. Life Introd. 42. 1872 Dana Corals i. 24 Now and then an Actinia puts itself on the back of a crab..a kind of association styled commensalism by Van Beneden. 1877 Bennett tr. Thomé's Bot. (ed. 6) 267 In the Lichens we have the most remarkable instance in the vegetable kingdom of..symbiosis or commensalism. |