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amensalism

noun

  1. interaction between different species in which one is harmed and the other unaffected
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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English amensal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English amensalism From amensal + -ism.

  1. A form of biological or ecological interaction or relationship in which one species is harmed or impeded and the other is unaffected.

    “Trophic group amensalism in the form of the broadened mobile vs. sessile distinction also plays an important part in the Woodin (1976) general model of how adult-larval interactions structure soft-sediment communities at high density.”