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inquiline

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɪnkwɪˌlaɪn/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(in′kwə līn′, -lin)

in•qui•line (in′kwə līn′, -lin),USA pronunciation n.

Zoologyan animal living in the nest, burrow, or body of another animal.

adj.

of the nature of an inquiline.

Latin inquilīnus tenant, equivalent. to in- in-² + -quil-, combining form (noninitially before a front vowel) of colere to live in (see -colous) + -īnus -ine¹
1635–45;

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inquiline /ˈɪnkwɪˌlaɪn/ n

an animal that lives in close association with another animal without harming it
See also commensal

adj also: inquilinic /ˌɪnkwɪˈlɪnɪk/

of or living as an inquiline

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin inquilīnus lodger, from in-² + colere to dwellinquilinous /ˌɪnkwɪˈlaɪnəs/ adj

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