amensalismo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.mẽ.saˈliz.mu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.mẽ.saˈliʒ.mu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.mẽ.saˈliz.mo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mẽ.sɐˈliʒ.mu/

Noun

amensalismo m (uncountable)

(ecology) amensalism (form of symbiosis in which one species is harmed or impeded and the other is unaffected)

Further reading

“amensalismo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“amensalismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026