4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Commensal \Com*men"sal\, a. Having the character of a commensal. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: commensal adj : living in a state of commensalism n : either of two different animal or plant species living in close association but not interdependent From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 78 Moby Thesaurus words for "commensal": cannibal, cannibalistic, carnivorous, coacting, coactive, coadjutant, coadjuvant, coefficient, collaborative, collective, collectivist, collectivistic, collusive, combined, common, communal, communalist, communalistic, communist, communistic, communitarian, concerted, concordant, concurrent, concurring, conniving, cooperant, cooperating, cooperative, dietetic, dining, eating, ecological, ecotopic, ecumenic, feeding, fellow, flesh-eating, fruitarian, gastronomic, gluttonous, grain-eating, graminivorous, granivorous, grass-eating, harmonious, harmonized, herbivorous, insect-eating, insectivorous, joint, lactovegetarian, man-eating, meat-eating, mensal, mutual, noncompetitive, nourishing, nutritious, omnivorous, omophagous, pantophagous, parasitic, phytivorous, phytophagous, plant-eating, postprandial, prandial, predacious, preprandial, reciprocal, symbiotic, synergetic, synergic, synergistic, uncompetitive, vegetable-eating, vegetarian
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