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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky