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commensally
adverb
biology specializeduk /kəˈmen.səl.i/ us /kəˈmen.səl.i/
involving a relationship between two species(= sets of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with each other) in which one gets an advantage from living closely with the other and the other is not affected by it: 共生地
Eight species of worm were found in this area living commensally with other animals. 在该地区发现了 8 种与其他动物共生的蠕虫。
This beautiful little crab lives commensally amongst the tentacles of giant anemones.
Human beings commensally support an extensive microbial flora on the skin.
They live commensally in the burrows of crustaceans.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Acting, being or existing together
accompanying
allied
along
alongside
among
distributively
double act
en bloc
en masse
epiphenomenal
jointly
misery
misery loves companyidiom
non-compatible
non-conflicting
tow
twin
two-way
unison
unite
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symbiotically parasitically Related wordcommensalism
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