inquilinous

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adjective

That lives in the dwelling place of another species

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Meanings

adjectiveinquilinous (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyThat lives in the dwelling place of another species

    Sponges influence macrofaunal community composition by providing habitat for inquilines (e.g., among the inquilinous amphipods, a diversity of sebids, stenothoids, thaumatelsonids, colomastigids and leucothoids were found with the sponges).

    2015 December 1, “Macrofaunal Patterns in and around du Couedic and Bonney Submarine Canyons, South Australia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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APA

inquilinous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inquilinous

MLA

“inquilinous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inquilinous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inquilinous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inquilinous.

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