Associations to the word «Inquiline»

Wiktionary

INQUILINE, noun. (biology) An animal that lives commensally in the nest, burrow, gall, or dwelling place of an animal of another species.
INQUILINE, noun. (biology) An organism that lives within a reservoir of water collected in the hollow of a plant stem or leaf.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats