consorte
See also: Consorte
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Noun edit
consorte (plural consortes)
- (biology) One of the organisms that associates with another species in consortism.
- 2017, V.K. Agarwal, Zoology for Degree Students, →ISBN:
- Consortism is classified into four types according to the benefit derived by the consortes: 1. If it is voluntary with mutual benefit but not asymmetrical or damaging to either consorte, it is mutualism. 2. Commensalism is a voluntary asymmetrical consortism in which one organism is benefited with no appreciable benefit or damage to the partner. 3. Parasitism is an involuntary consortism with progressive asymmetrical damage to one for the benefit of the other. 4. Predation is a nonsymbiotic consortism with damage to one for the benefit of the other.
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin cōnsortem.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
consorte m or f by sense (plural consorti)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin cōnsortem.
Noun edit
consorte m or f by sense (plural consortes)
Further reading edit
- “consorte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014