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inquiline

 
Dictionary: in·qui·line   (ĭn'kwə-līn', -lĭn, ĭng'-) pronunciation
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.]

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

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