inquiline

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"The diminutive inquiline snailfish (Liparis inquilinus

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  1. noun An animal that characteristically lives commensally in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an animal of another species.
  2. adjective Being or living as an inquiline.

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  • "The diminutive inquiline snailfish (Liparis inquilinus —  Warren Ellis
 

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  1. Latin inquilīnus, lodger, tenant : in-, in; see in-2 + colere, to inhabit; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = Spanish Portuguese Italian inquilino, from Latin inquilinus, an inhabitant of a place which is not his own, for *incolinus, from incola, an inhabitant, from in, in, + colere, inhabit: see culture.
 

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