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Definition of: inquiline
(in′kwə·līn, -lin) adjective Zool.
Living in the abode of another, as an insect in a gall made by another: also in·quil·i·nous (in·kwil′ə·nəs).
—noun An animal that lives in the abode of another; a commensal. [<L inquilinus lodger <in- in + colere dwell]
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