When the animals share a common food supply the association is called commensalism, literally “eating at the same table” (Scientific American).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
com — com·bas·sou; com·bat·ive; com·bat·ive·ly; com·bat·ive·ness; com·ba·tiv·i·ty; com·bin·abil·i·ty; com·bin·able; com·bi·na·tion·al; com·bi·na·tion·al·ism; com·bi·na·tive; com·bi·na·to·ry; com·bined; com·bine·ment; com·bin·er; com·bi·net; com·bite;… … English syllables
sal — ab·o·ma·sal; abys·sal·benthic; abys·sal·pelagic; ace·tyl·sal·i·cyl·ic; ali·na·sal; al·ve·o·lo·na·sal; ami·no·sal·i·cyl·ic; am·phi·va·sal; apoph·y·sal; ban·sal·a·guin; bar·i·sal; ba·sal·tic; ba·sal·ti·form; bi·cur·sal; bi·ja·sal; bi·sal·tae;… … English syllables
men — men·acme; men·a·di·one; men·ar·che; men·as·pis; men·da·cious; men·da·cious·ly; men·da·cious·ness; men·dac·i·ty; men·de; men·de·lé·eff s; men·de·le·vi·um; men·de·lian·ism; men·de·lian·ist; men·del·ism; men·del·ize; men·del s; men·de·lye·ev·ite;… … English syllables
ism — is·ma·el·ism; iso·la·tion·ism; isom·er·ism; isos·ter·ism; ital·ian·ism; ivory tower·ism; jack·son·ism; jaco·bin·ism; jaco·bit·ism; jain·ism; jan·sen·ism; ja·pan·ism; jef·fer·so·nian·ism; jesu·it·ism; jew·ism; jin·go·ism; jour·nal·ism; ju·da·ism;… … English syllables
-dac·tyl·ism; — ab·i·e·tate; ab·i·e·tene; abio·gen·e·sis; abi·og·e·nist; abra·si·om·e·ter; ab·sorp·ti·om·e·ter; aca·cat·e·chin; ac·ac·e·tin; acad·e·mist; acad·e·my; ac·cel·er·om·e·ter; ac·e·tab·u·lar; ac·e·tab·u·lar·ia; ac·e·tab·u·late; ac·e·tab·u·lif·era;… … English syllables
commensalism — com·men·sal·ism … English syllables
commensal — com•men•sal [[t]kəˈmɛn səl[/t]] adj. 1) ecl (of an animal, plant, fungus, etc.) living with, on, or in another, without injury to either 2) ecl a commensal organism • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < ML commēnsālis. See com , mensal com•men′sal•ism … From formal English to slang
commensalism — A symbiotic relationship in which one species derives benefit and the other is unharmed; e.g., Entamoeba coli in the human large intestine. Cf.:metabiosis, mutualism, parasitism. [L. con , with, together, + mensa, table] epizoic c. SYN: phoresis… … Medical dictionary
commensalism — [kə men′səliz΄əm] n. Biol. a close association or union between two kinds of organisms, in which one is benefited by the relationship and the other is neither benefited nor harmed * * * com·men·sal·ism (kə mĕnʹsə lĭz əm) n. A symbiotic… … Universalium
Commensalism — Com*men sal*ism, n. The act of eating together; table fellowship. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
