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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 1.6 [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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