单词 | commensally |
释义 | > as lemmascoˈmmensally coˈmmensally adv. (a) Biology in the manner of a commensal organism; (b) through commensality or cohabitation. ΚΠ 1897 Science 9 Apr. 595/1 A Nereid..which lives commensally with the Hermit crab, Eupagurus alaskensis. 1914 Lancet 23 May 1499/1 While much of the disease was of hereditary origin, in acquired cases it seemed to be spread commensally and mainly by other means than by sexual intercourse. 1998 L. Margulis & K. V. Schwartz Five Kingdoms (ed. 3) iii. 238/2 Malacobdella is the unique filter-feeding nemertine, living commensally within the mantle cavity of clams. 2002 J. Neusner Mishnah i. 27 The generative issue is how those who properly separate tithes are to relate, commercially and commensally, to those that do not. < as lemmas |
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