inquiline / ˈɪn kwəˌlaɪn, -lɪn /

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inquiline2 个定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. Zoology. an animal living in the nest, burrow, or body of another animal.
adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. of the nature of an inquiline.

更多inquiline例句

  1. The colonies of Bombus illustrate the rise of the inquiline habit.
  2. Inquiline: a species living in a gall or other structure prepared by a different species, not as a parasite but as, a guest.
  3. Inquiline, in′kwi-lin, adj. living in the abode of another, as a pea-crab in an oyster-shell.
  4. This cockroach is the most closely associated inquiline in the nest and maintains very intimate terms with the ants.
  5. Inquiline: living as guests in the homes of others; as in galls.