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in⋅qui⋅line

   [in-kwuh-lahyn, -lin]
–noun
1. Zoology. an animal living in the nest, burrow, or body of another animal.
–adjective
2. of the nature of an inquiline.
Origin:
1635–45; < L inquilīnus tenant, equiv. to in- in- 2 + -quil-, comb. form (noninitially before a front vowel) of colere to live in (see -colous ) + -īnus -ine 1
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in·qui·line     (ĭn'kwə-līn', -lĭn, ĭng'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   An animal that characteristically lives commensally in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an animal of another species.

adj.   Being or living as an inquiline.


[Latin inquilīnus, lodger, tenant : in-, in; see in-2 + colere, to inhabit; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots.]

in'qui·lin·ism (-lə-nĭz'əm), in'qui·lin'i·ty (-lĭn'ĭ-tē) n., in'qui·lin'ous (-lī'nəs) adj.
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Inquiline

In"qui*line\, n. [L. inquilinus a tenant, lodger.] (Zo["o]l.) A gallfly which deposits its eggs in galls formed by other insects.

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