Usually means: Living as a tenant; parasitic.
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▸ adjective:  (biology) That lives in the dwelling place of another species

Similar:
endophilous, endophilic, acarophilous, domicolous, silicicolous, anthophilic, endozoic, amnicolous, termitophilous, endophagous, more...

Opposite:
non-parasitic, independent, self-sufficient

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Similar:
endophilous, endophilic, acarophilous, domicolous, silicicolous, anthophilic, endozoic, amnicolous, termitophilous, endophagous, more...

Opposite:
non-parasitic, independent, self-sufficient



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