Inquilinous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Inquilinous is an adjective meaning (biology) That lives in the dwelling place of another species.
Meaning
(biology) That lives in the dwelling place of another species.
Example Sentences
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).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include endophilous, endophilic, acarophilous, domicolous, silicicolous, anthophilic.
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