Commensalism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Commensalism \Com*men"sal*ism\, n.
     The act of eating together; table fellowship.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  commensalism
       n : the relation between two different kinds of organisms when
           one receives benefits from the other without damaging it