OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 48141

inquiline

/ˈɪŋkwɪlaɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
inquilino
An animal that lives commensally in the nest, burrow, gall, or dwelling place of an animal of another species.
Queens of socially parasitic inquiline ants reproduce by laying eggs in the colonies of other species.
The other study[…]involved the larvae of the caterpillar Maculinea rebeli, an inquiline of Myrmica schenki.
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