inquiline / ˈɪn kwəˌlaɪn, -lɪn /
📖毕业后词汇英吉利英吉莱英基伦
inquiline 的 2 个定义
n. 名词 noun- Zoology. an animal living in the nest, burrow, or body of another animal.
adj. 形容词 adjective- of the nature of an inquiline.
更多inquiline例句
- The colonies of Bombus illustrate the rise of the inquiline habit.
- Inquiline: a species living in a gall or other structure prepared by a different species, not as a parasite but as, a guest.
- Inquiline, in′kwi-lin, adj. living in the abode of another, as a pea-crab in an oyster-shell.
- This cockroach is the most closely associated inquiline in the nest and maintains very intimate terms with the ants.
- Inquiline: living as guests in the homes of others; as in galls.