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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INQUILINE

From Latin inquilīnus lodger, from in-² + colere to dwell.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INQUILINE

inquiline  [ˈɪnkwɪˌlaɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INQUILINE

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inquiline can act as a noun and an adjective.
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WHAT DOES INQUILINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

inquiline

Inquiline

In zoology, an inquiline is an animal that lives commensally in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an animal of another species. For example, some organisms such as insects may live in the homes of gophers and feed on debris, fungi, roots, etc. The most widely distributed types of inquiline are those found in association with the nests of social insects, especially ants and termites – a single colony may support dozens of different inquiline species. The distinctions between parasites, social parasites, and inquilines are subtle, and many species may fulfill the criteria for more than one of these, as inquilines do exhibit many of the same characteristics of parasites. However, parasites are specifically not inquilines, because by definition they have a deleterious effect on the host species, while inquilines do not. Examples of the inquiline relation are known especially among the gall wasps. In the sub-family Synerginae this mode of life predominates. These insects differ but little in structure from the true gall-inducing wasps, but they cannot produce galls and consequently deposit their eggs within those of other species.

Definition of inquiline in the English dictionary

The definition of inquiline in the dictionary is of or living as an inquiline.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INQUILINE


airline
ˈɛəˌlaɪn
aquiline
ˈækwɪˌlaɪn
Caroline
ˈkærəˌlaɪn
Catiline
ˈkætɪˌlaɪn
deadline
ˈdɛdˌlaɪn
dyeline
ˈdaɪˌlaɪn
Ghibelline
ˈɡɪbɪˌlaɪn
guyline
ˈɡaɪˌlaɪn
headline
ˈhɛdˌlaɪn
hotline
ˈhɒtˌlaɪn
multiline
ˈmʌltɪˌlaɪn
musteline
ˈmʌstɪˌlaɪn
offline
ˈɒfˌlaɪn
online
ˈɒnˌlaɪn
outline
ˈaʊtˌlaɪn
pyroxyline
paɪˈrɒksɪˌlaɪn
skyline
ˈskaɪˌlaɪn
staphyline
ˈstæfɪˌlaɪn
strobiline
ˈstrəʊbɪˌlaɪn
timeline
ˈtaɪmˌlaɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INQUILINE

inquiet
inquietly
inquietude
inquilinic
inquilinism
inquilinity
inquilinous
inquinate
inquination
inquiration
inquire
inquirendo
inquirer
inquiries
inquiring
inquiringly
inquiry
inquiry agent
inquiry desk
inquiry office

WORDS THAT END LIKE INQUILINE

A-line
aline
aniline
baseline
bottom line
decline
dimethylaniline
discipline
Esquiline
gasoline
hold the line
in-line
line
nitraniline
on line
pararosaniline
pipeline
rosaniline
selegiline
underline

Synonyms and antonyms of inquiline in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «inquiline» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INQUILINE

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Translator English - Chinese

inquiline
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Translator English - Spanish

inquilina
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وارش
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inquiline
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Translator English - Japanese

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Translator English - Korean

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Inquiline
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inquiline
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Translator English - Tamil

inquiline
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Translator English - Marathi

चौकशी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

inquiline
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inquiline
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Translator English - Polish

inquiline
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Translator English - Ukrainian

inquiline
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Translator English - Romanian

inquiline
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Translator English - Greek

inquiline
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Translator English - Afrikaans

inquiline
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Translator English - Swedish

inquiline
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

inquiline
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inquiline

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INQUILINE»

The term «inquiline» is used very little and occupies the 151.594 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INQUILINE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about inquiline

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INQUILINE»

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The Evolution of Social Behaviour in Insects and Arachnids
Termite-inquiline Termite host Nesting habits of termite-inquiline Termitinae: Termitidae Termes (— Inquilinitermes) fur Termes (= Inquilinitermes) mquilinus T winifredae T. insitivus T laticornis Dicuspiditermes incola Pericapritermes ...
Jae C. Choe, Bernard J. Crespi, 1997
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The Insects: An Outline of Entomology
... for a certain period but not indefinitely. inquiline An organism that lives in the home of another, sharing food; in entomology, used particularly of residents in the nests of social insects (see also integrated inquiline, non-integrated inquiline) or ...
P. J. Gullan, P. S. Cranston, 2010
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Current Advances in Scarabaeoidea Research
The classification, and above all the relationships between the inquiline tribes, remains unsure because of the more or less far-reaching morphological specializations, including both obvious strongly derived specializations in habitus and ...
Brett Ratcliffe, Frank-thaorsten Krell, 2010
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Social Insects and the Environment: Proceedings of the 11th ...
INQUILINE. ANT. PARASITES. : THE. INTERSPECIFIC. VERSUS. THE. INTRASPECIFIC. HYPOTHESIS. N.R. Franks*, A.F.G. Bourke** * School of Biological Sciences, University of Bath, BA2 7AY, U.K. ** Department of Zoology, University of ...
International Union for the Study of Social Insects. Congress, G. K. Veeresh, B. Mallik, 1990
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The Evolution of Social Wasps
Inquilinism In inquilinism, offspring of the founding queen rear offspring of the inquiline, whose offspring do not work (chapter 7). From the perspective of the diapause ground plan model, offspring of the founding queen are G1 females, and ...
St. Louis James H. Hunt Professor of Biology University of Missouri, 2007
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Insect Pheromone Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: The ...
Although the literature in this area is voluminous, the vast majority of it deals with description of the chemicals involved, the extent of the qualitative and quantitative correspondence in hydrocarbons between inquiline and host, and behavioral ...
Gary J. Blomquist, Richard G. Vogt, 2003
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Galling Arthropods and Their Associates: Ecology and Evolution
Takahashi and Mizuta (1971) observed one inquiline and two parasitoids on bamboo galls induced by A. rhopaloides in Kyoto, western Japan. D. aiolomorphi is the known inquiline (Takahashi and Mizuta 1971), that is, a phytophagous insect ...
K. Ozaki, J. Yukawa, T. Ohgushi, 2007
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Ecology of Climate Change: The Importance of Biotic Interactions
2003). as macroinvertebrates are attracted to the pitcher plant and fall in, they become entrapped in the water held by the plant, and eventually succumb. they are then broken down and consumed by the inquiline community of the pitcher ...
Eric Post, 2013
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Metacommunities: Spatial Dynamics and Ecological Communities
Although insects are generally thought to be the major carbon source for inquiline communities, at least two studies have mentioned the presence of minor amounts of filamentous green algae in some pitchers (Heard 1994b; Miller et al. 1994) ...
Marcel Holyoak, Mathew A. Leibold, Robert D. Holt, 2005
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Wetland Plants: Biology and Ecology
The pitchers are capable of taking up the end products (ammonia) of inquiline metabolism from the pitcher fluid. Both the pitchers and the inhabitants may also benefit from gas exchange processes. The pitchers take up carbon dioxide ...
Julie K. Cronk, M. Siobhan Fennessy, 2001

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INQUILINE»

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Kilkivan author has book published on Amazon Kindle
Inquiline is a story set in Australia in the 1950s and 1960s, the way I remember it, the way my research describes it to me; the way the country ... «Gympie Times, Jul 15»
2
Riprende Kuragehime e cambia periodicità
Per salvarlo, le inquiline e i loro amici si sono attivati allo scopo di raccogliere quanti più fondi possibile, creando addirittura una nuova linea di ... «MangaForever.net, Jun 15»
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Oscar de la Renta: 20 tra gli abiti più famosi e le vip che li hanno …
Dando così un futuro a questa Casa che da oltre trent'anni ha vestito case regnanti, casati e tante inquiline della Casa Bianca, oltre a star e ... «Elle, Oct 14»
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People's Light & Theatre Announces New Play Commissions
Regionally for Berkeley Rep, Geva Theater, Theater Rhinoceros, The Complex, Inquiline Theater Company and Intersection for the Arts. As an ... «Broadway World, May 14»
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Critter census reaps bonanza for researchers
After hitting the reference books he was able to narrow the critter down to a type of inquiline, an insect that lives with ants. "This is why I joined ... «The Age, Nov 13»
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WILD NEIGHBORS: A Lot of Gall
The thimbleberry stem galls, for instance, may house nine species of wasps that parasitize the cynipid larvae and an inquiline weevil. Some of ... «Berkeley Daily Planet, Feb 12»
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A Love Song for India
So when this inert inquiline turns up repeatedly at one of the family houses and sits in silence, nobody asks her to depart: “Ellie was no trouble ... «Financial Times, Sep 11»
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Cockroaches: Fact or Fiction
Some of the phoretic and inquiline species (Attaphila, which lives with leaf-cutting ants) may rival Anaplecta's small size, with a length of less than 3⁄16 inch (4 ... «PCT Magazine, Jul 11»

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