Meaning of COMMENSALISM

Pronunciation:			ku'mensu`lizum
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  the relation between two different kinds of organisms when one receives benefits from the other without damaging it
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	See Also:		interdependence, interdependency, mutuality
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
	Definition:		\Com*men"sal*ism\, n. The act of eating together; table fellowship.
Biology Dictionary
	Definition:		A type of symbiosis where two (or more) organisms from different species live in close proximity to one another, in which one member is unaffected by the relationship and the other benefits from it.
Glossary
	Definition:		The close association of two or more dissimilar organisms where the association is advantageous to one and doesn't affect the other(s). See Parasitism, Symbiosis