amensal

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adjective

Relating to amensalism.

OriginLatin mensa →
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Meanings

adjectiveamensal (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyRelating 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

  1. Latinmensa“table, food”
  2. Englishamensal

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

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Anagrams

Anselma
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APA

amensal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amensal

MLA

“amensal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amensal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amensal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amensal.

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