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Showing words for INQUILINE using the English dictionary
9 Letter Words for Inquiline
inquiline
7 Letter Words for Inquiline
equilin, quinine
6 Letter Words for Inquiline
inique, inline, inulin, quinie, quinin, unline
5 Letter Words for Inquiline
ennui, lenin, linen, linie, linin, quine, unlie
4 Letter Words for Inquiline
inne, lien, lieu, liin, line, linn, lune, lunn, nein, nile, nine, quei, quin, unie
3 Letter Words for Inquiline
eli, enl, iii, ile, inn, lei, leu, lie, lin, liq, lue, nei, nie, nil, nne, nul, nun, que, qui, ule, uni, unl, unn, unq
Definitions for Inquiline
[1] Zoology . an animal living in the nest, burrow, or body of another animal.
[2] of the nature of an inquiline.
[3] an animal that lives in close association with another animal without harming it See also commensal (def. 1)
[4] of or living as an inquiline
Words nearby Inquiline
inqilab, inquartation, inquest, inquiet, inquietude, inquiline, inquire, inquire after, inquiring, inquiry, inquisition
Origin of Inquiline
1635–45; < Latin inquilīnus tenant, equivalent to in- in-2 + -quil-, combining form (noninitially before a front vowel) of colere to live in (see -colous) + -īnus -ine1
Other words from Inquiline
in·qui·lin·i·ty [in-kwuh -lin -i-tee] /ˌɪn kwəˈlɪn ɪ ti/ , noun
in·qui·li·nous [in-kwuh -lahy -nuh s] /ˌɪn kwəˈlaɪ nəs/ , adjective
Word origin for Inquiline
C17: from Latin inquilīnus lodger, from in- ² + colere to dwell