Inquilinism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The situation where one animal lives commensally in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an animal of another species. uncountable

    "Among such traits, propensity to inquilinism in termites is known to relate positively to colony size."

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"Among such traits, propensity to inquilinism in termites is known to relate positively to colony size."

Etymology

From inquiline + -ism.

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