inquiline

inquiline
An animal that lives habitually in the abode of some other species (an oyster crab within the shell of an oyster) causing little or no inconvenience to the host. SEE ALSO: commensal. [L. inquilinus, an inhabitant of a place that is not his own, fr. in, in, + colo, to inhabit]

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in·qui·line 'in-kwə-.līn, 'iŋ-, -lən n an animal (as the house mouse) that lives habitually in the nest or abode (as a human dwelling) of some other species
in·qui·lin·ism -lə-.niz-əm n

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in·qui·line (inґkwĭ-līn) [L. inquilinus a lodger] an organism that lives within the body of another, but does not derive its nourishment from the host.

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