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amensal

amensal adjective: relating to amensalism.

Adjective

amensal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to amensalism.
    • 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).2002, Peter L. Lutz, The Biology of Sea Turtles, volume 2, page 356

Origin of amensal

From a- + mensal, from Latin mensa (“table, food”).

Questions about amensal

What does amensal mean?
Amensal means relating to amensalism.
What part of speech is amensal?
Amensal is an adjective.

Words near amensal in the dictionary

  1. amenorrhœas
  2. amenorrhœic
  3. amenorrhϾ
  4. amenous
  5. amens
  6. amensal
  7. amensalism
  8. amensalistic
  9. amensh
  10. ament
  11. amenta

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