English Dictionary

inquiline

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɪŋkwɪlaɪn/

名詞

(biology) An animal that lives commensally in the nest, burrow, gall, or dwelling place of an animal of another species.

日本語の意味

ある動物の巣、穴、こぶ、または住処に他種の動物と共に生活する動物（生物学的共生体）

The inquiline lived quietly in the ant colony's tunnels, benefiting from the shelter without harming its hosts.

巣に共生して住む動物はアリのコロニーのトンネルに静かに暮らし、宿主に害を与えずにその保護を受けていた。

意味（1）

(biology) An animal that lives commensally in the nest, burrow, gall, or dwelling place of an animal of another species.

The other study[…]involved the larvae of the caterpillar Maculinea rebeli, an inquiline of Myrmica schenki.

意味（2）

(biology) An organism that lives within a reservoir of water collected in the hollow of a plant stem or leaf.

Captured prey also constitute the resource base for a community of inquiline bacteria, protozoa, and invertebrates that inhabit the water-filled pitchers. For at least two of these inquilines (the pitcher-plant mosquito Wyeomyia smithii Coquillet and the pitcher-plant midge Metriocnemus knabi Coquillet) the availability of captured prey limits individual growth, and ultimately population growth[…]

inquilines （ plural ）