inquiline noun. ['ɪnkwɪlʌɪn] M17.
[Latin inquilinus sojourner, from incolere inhabit, formed as IN-² + colere dwell: see -INE¹.]
1. A person who sojourns or lodges in a place. rare. M17.
2. An animal which lives in the abode of another which tolerates its presence; spec. in Entomology, an insect which lodges in a gall produced by another species. L19.

■ inquilinism ['ɪnkwɪlɪnɪz(ǝ)m] noun the habit or condition of being an inquiline L20.

■ inqui'linous adjective living in the nest or gall of another animal L19.

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