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inquilinism
inquilinism
English
Noun
inquilinism (uncountable)
- The situation where one animal lives commensally in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an animal of another species.
- 2016 January 26, “Allometric Scaling of Patrolling Rate and Nest Volume in Constrictotermes cyphergaster Termites: Hints on the Settlement of Inquilines”, in PLOS ONE, DOI: :
- Among such traits, propensity to inquilinism in termites is known to relate positively to colony size.