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inquilinism

inquilinism noun: the situation where one animal lives commensally in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an animal of another species.

Noun

inquilinism (uncountable)

  1. The situation where one animal lives commensally in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an animal of another species.
    • Among such traits, propensity to inquilinism in termites is known to relate positively to colony size.2016 January 26, “Allometric Scaling of Patrolling Rate and Nest Volume in Constrictotermes cyphergaster Termites: Hints on the Settlement of Inquilines”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of inquilinism

From inquiline + -ism.

Questions about inquilinism

What does inquilinism mean?
Inquilinism means the situation where one animal lives commensally in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an animal of another species.
What part of speech is inquilinism?
Inquilinism is a noun.

Words near inquilinism in the dictionary

  1. inquilab
  2. Inquilab Zindabad
  3. inquilinaje
  4. inquiline
  5. inquilines
  6. inquilinism
  7. inquilino
  8. inquilinous
  9. inquinate
  10. inquinated
  11. inquinates

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