dantheclamman@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoInquiline (an organism that lives inside another organism)en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down11
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minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·17 days agoIt doesn’t live inside the creature. They live in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an animal of another species at the same time as the creature.
minus-squaredantheclamman@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·17 days agoNo, it can also refer to shrimp that live in a clam, or mosquitoes in a pitcher plant. So it can also refer to truly inside another organism
minus-squareArghblarg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 days agoBut are those examples really ‘inside’ the other organism in the sense of infiltrating living tissues? There may be nuance there,
minus-squaredantheclamman@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days agoDefinitely a blurred line
It doesn’t live inside the creature. They live in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an animal of another species at the same time as the creature.
No, it can also refer to shrimp that live in a clam, or mosquitoes in a pitcher plant. So it can also refer to truly inside another organism
But are those examples really ‘inside’ the other organism in the sense of infiltrating living tissues? There may be nuance there,
Definitely a blurred line