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- Latin · derived frominquilīnus“tenant, lodger”
- English todayinquiline
From Latin inquilīnus (“tenant, lodger”). Doublet of inquilino.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
inquiline
Today it means: An animal that lives commensally in the nest, burrow, gall, or dwelling place of an animal of another species. Full definition →
Latin inquilīnus