Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Commensal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Commensal \Com*men"sal\, n. [LL. commensalis; L. com- + mensa
table: cf. F. commensal. Cf. Mensal.]
1. One who eats at the same table. [Obs.]
2. (Zo["o]l.) An animal, not truly parasitic, which lives in,
with, or on, another, partaking usually of the same food.
Both species may be benefited by the association.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Commensal \Com*men"sal\, a.
Having the character of a commensal.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
commensal
adj : (biology) living in a state of commensalism
n : either of two different animal or plant species living in
close association but not interdependent
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