English Dictionary

inquilinous

形容詞

比較不可

(biology) That lives in the dwelling place of another species

日本語の意味

他の種が住む場所、例えば巣や住居内に生息する生物を指す。 / 他種の住処に依存して生活する生物を示す。

The inquilinous beetle sheltered within the ant colony, surviving on scraps while the ants ignored its presence.

他種の巣に住む甲虫はアリの群れの中で切れ端を食べて生き延び、アリたちはその存在を無視していた。

意味（1）

(biology) That lives in the dwelling place of another species

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).