amensal

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

amensal (not comparable)

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

     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).

Further reading

• 1992, James W. Grier, Theodore Burk, Biology of Animal Behavior:

  This is referred to as amensalism (mensal is derived from the Latin, mensa, which literally means “table” hence amensal means “not at the table;” see commensalism). In many interspecific interactions there are disadvantages […]

Anagrams

• Ameslan, Anselma, Leamans, Maleans, seal-man

French

Adjective

amensal (feminine amensale, masculine plural amensaux, feminine plural amensales)

1. (biology) amensal

Related terms

• amensalisme