| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| inquiline |
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| SYLLABICATION: | in·qui·line |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n kw -l n , -ln, ng- |
| NOUN: | An animal that characteristically lives commensally in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an animal of another species. | | ADJECTIVE: | Being or living as an inquiline. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin inquilnus, lodger, tenant : in-, in; see in–2 + colere, to inhabit; see kwel-1 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | inqui·lin·ism (-l-nzm) , inqui·lini·ty (-ln-t ) —NOUN
inqui·linous (-lns) —ADJECTIVE
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