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noun
1.
Zoology. an animal living in the nest, burrow, or body of another animal.
adjective
2.
of the nature of an inquiline.
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Inquiline
is always a great word to know.
So is platyhelminthes. Does it mean:
| cold-blooded vertebrate such as turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians and tuatara |
| phylum of worms with bilateral symmetry and soft, usually flattened bodies |
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| inquiline (ˈɪnkwɪˌlaɪn) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | See also commensal an animal that lives in close association with another animal without harming it |
| —adj | |
| 2. | of or living as an inquiline |
| [C17: from Latin inquilīnus lodger, from | |
| inquilinism | |
| —n | |
| inquilinity | |
| —n | |
| inquilinous | |
| —adj | |
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