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Meaning of amensalism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A form of biological or ecological interaction or relationship in which one species is harmed or impeded and the other is unaffected.

uncountable

Equivalents

Suomi amensalismi
Français amensalisme
Қазақша өктемдік
Português amensalismo

Examples

“Trophic group amensalism in the form of the broadened mobile vs. sessile distinction also plays an important part in the Woodin (1976) general model of how adult-larval interactions structure soft-sediment communities at high density.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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