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commensalism (s) (noun), commensalisms (pl)
The symbiotic (living together) relationship between two different kinds of organisms when one organism gets benefits from another organism without hurting or damaging it: "One example of commensalism is when barnacles are attached to whales."
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Symbiosis
(a close, prolonged association between different organisms of different species that may benefit each member; commensalism; mutualism)
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commensalism (s) (noun), commensalisms (pl)
A symbiosis in which members of one species are benefited while those of the other species are neither benefited nor harmed: One example of commensalism is the coexistence of barnacles on whales.
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