Inquilinous
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 That lives in the dwelling place of another species not-comparable
"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)."
Example
More examples"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)."
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