commensal
Meaning of commensal
adjective
relating to or exhibiting commensalism.
noun
a commensal organism, such as many bacteria.
late 19th century: from medieval Latin commensalis, from com- ‘sharing’ + mensa ‘a table’.
Information about commensal
- The plural form of commensal is: commensals.
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Hyphenation of commensal
com-men-sal
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- commensal is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
commensal synonyms
Meaning mutuality:
Words that rhyme with commensal
Kensal, bimensal, ectocommensal, forensal, intercensal, mensal, sensal, Deconsal, responsal, sponsal, unresponsal
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