HyperDic: slave-making_ant

English > 1 sense of the expression slave-making ant:
NOUNanimalslave-making ant, slave-makeran ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants
English > slave-making ant: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAn ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants.
Synonymslave-maker
NarrowerAmazon ant, Polyergus rufescenssmall reddish slave-making ant species
sanguinary ant, Formica sanguineaslave-making ant widely distributed over the northern hemisphere
Broaderant, emmet, pismireSocial insect living in organized colonies

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