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commensally

/kəˈmɛn.səl.i/

翻译: 偏利共生地;指一种生物受益而另一种生物既不受益也不受害的共生关系方式。在现代英语中极少使用,多见于专门的生物学或历史文本。

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adverb

/kəˈmɛn.səl.i/C2formalscientific已废弃
  • zh偏利共生地;指一种生物受益而另一种生物既不受益也不受害的共生关系方式。在现代英语中极少使用,多见于专门的生物学或历史文本。

An archaic adverb meaning "in a commensal manner" — that is, relating to a symbiotic relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed. It is rarely used in modern English outside of specialized historical biological texts.

  1. In a commensal mannerC2formal

    In a way that involves a relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

    zh共栖地

    • The barnacles live commensally on the whale's skin.
    • Certain bacteria exist commensally within the human gut.
    • The remora fish attaches itself commensally to the shark.