commensal
🇺🇸
/kəˈmensl/
🇬🇧
/kəˈmensl/
adjective
R
An organism that lives with another and benefits from the relationship without harming the host.
Some species of birds are commensal with large mammals, feeding on ticks and insects that live on the mammal's fur.
某些鳥類與大型哺乳動物共生，以吃住在哺乳動物毛髮上的蜱蟲和昆蟲為生。
translation
共生