ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Amensal

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Amensal is an adjective meaning (biology) Relating to amensalism.

Meaning

(biology) Relating to amensalism.

Example Sentences

Descriptions of the plight of sea turtles in the modern world focus principally on sea turtle–human associations that are either predator and prey or amensal (where one associate is harmed and the other receives no effect).

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include amensalistic, commensalistic, symbiontic, commensalist, agminal, amoebic.

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