Usually means: Organism living on another's exterior.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. ectocommensal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. ectocommensal: Wiktionary
  3. ectocommensal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  4. ectocommensal: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. ectocommensal: Dictionary.com
  6. ectocommensal: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ectocommensal: Encyclopedia

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  1. ectocommensal: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (ecology) A commensal organism that lives on the surface of another organism

Similar:
epibiont, ectosymbiont, ectophyte, coenosarc, malacocoenosis, cercomonad, exosymbiont, ectomycorrhiza, ectotroph, entophyte, more...

Opposite:
endocommensal, endosymbiont, endoparasite

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Similar:
epibiont, ectosymbiont, ectophyte, coenosarc, malacocoenosis, cercomonad, exosymbiont, ectomycorrhiza, ectotroph, entophyte, more...

Opposite:
endocommensal, endosymbiont, endoparasite



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