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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

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.

See also

ament amenta amentia amential amentoflavone amentum