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inquilinism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-quilin-ism
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The situation where one animal lives commensally in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an animal of another species.

Uncountable

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Etymology

From inquiline + -ism.

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What does inquilinism mean?
The situation where one animal lives commensally in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an animal of another species.
Where does inquilinism come from?
From inquiline + -ism.

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