Sentence example with the word 'inquiline'

inquiline

Last update: September 3, 2015


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These later stages, comprising the greater part of the larval history, are adapted for an inquiline or a parasitic life, where shelter is assured and food abundant, while the short-lived, active condition enables the newly-hatched insect to make its way to the spot favourable for its future development, clinging, for example, in the case of an oil-beetle's larva, to the hairs of a bee as she flies towards her nest.   [Please select]

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Inquiline: living as guests in the homes of others; as in galls.   [Please select]

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Inquiline: a species living in a gall or other structure prepared by a different species, not as a parasite but as, a guest.   [Please select]

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