ergaten.

/ˈəːɡeɪt/

Inflections: Also in modern Latin form ergates

/ˈəːɡətiːz/.

Etymology: < Greek ἐργάτης workman.

Entomology.

The worker ant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > worker

workman1809

ergate1901

1901 W. M. Wheeler in Amer. Naturalist 35 877 (title) The parasitic Origin of Macroërgates among Ants.

1910 W. M. Wheeler Ants 97 The worker (ergates) is characterized by the complete absence of wings.

Derivatives

ergaˈtandromorph n. [ < Greek ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός man, -morph comb. form] an ant that combines worker and male characters.

ΚΠ

1910 W. M. Wheeler Ants vi. 99 The ergatandromorph..is an anomaly similar to the [gynandromorph] but having worker instead of female characters combined with those of the male.

1915 H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe Brit. Ants 114 Wasmann records a mixed ergatandromorph with only the colour of the head like that of the worker.

ˈergataˌner n.

/ˈəːɡətəˌnɪə/ [Greek ἀνήρ man] a male ant resembling a worker.

ΚΠ

1910 W. M. Wheeler Ants vi. 94 The ergatanēr, ergatomorphic, or ergatoid male resembles the worker in having no wings and in the structure of the antennæ.

ˈergatoˌgyne n. [Greek γυνή woman] a worker-like ant with female characters.

ΚΠ

1970 Brown & Taylor in Insects of Austral. (Commonwealth Sci. & Industr. Res. Organization, Austral.) xxxvii. 952/2 Various wingless intermediates between queens and workers occur in some species. These are the ergatogynes (ergatoids).

ˈergatoid n. a wingless sexually competent ant, as an ergatogyne; also as adj.

ΚΠ

1899 Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. 140 The adult, sexually capable, though wingless forms, are called ergatoid, because they are similar to workers.

1901 Amer. Naturalist 35 885 The fusca workers attempt to change worker larvæ of Polyergus into queens but succeed only in producing the wingless ergatoids.

1927 Glasgow Herald 16 July 4 The ergatoids can reproduce ergatoids, besides workers and soldiers.

ˌergatoˈmorphic adj. worker-like.

ΚΠ

1910 W. M. Wheeler Ants vi. 96 The ergatogyne, ergatomorphic, or ergatoid female, is a worker-like form, with ocelli, large eyes, and a thorax more or less like that of the female, but without wings.

ˌergatoˈtelic adj. (see quot.).

ΚΠ

1910 W. M. Wheeler Ants vii. 120 In these [sc. honey-bees] only the secondary instincts are manifested in the queen, while the worker retains the primary series in full vigor and thus more clearly represents the ancestral female of the species. This type may therefore be called ergatotelic.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	ergate
释义	ergaten. /ˈəːɡeɪt/ Inflections: Also in modern Latin form ergates /ˈəːɡətiːz/. Etymology: < Greek ἐργάτης workman. Entomology. The worker ant. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > worker workman1809 ergate1901 1901 W. M. Wheeler in Amer. Naturalist 35 877 (title) The parasitic Origin of Macroërgates among Ants. 1910 W. M. Wheeler Ants 97 The worker (ergates) is characterized by the complete absence of wings. Derivatives ergaˈtandromorph n. [ < Greek ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός man, -morph comb. form] an ant that combines worker and male characters. ΚΠ 1910 W. M. Wheeler Ants vi. 99 The ergatandromorph..is an anomaly similar to the [gynandromorph] but having worker instead of female characters combined with those of the male. 1915 H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe Brit. Ants 114 Wasmann records a mixed ergatandromorph with only the colour of the head like that of the worker. ˈergataˌner n. /ˈəːɡətəˌnɪə/ [Greek ἀνήρ man] a male ant resembling a worker. ΚΠ 1910 W. M. Wheeler Ants vi. 94 The ergatanēr, ergatomorphic, or ergatoid male resembles the worker in having no wings and in the structure of the antennæ. ˈergatoˌgyne n. [Greek γυνή woman] a worker-like ant with female characters. ΚΠ 1970 Brown & Taylor in Insects of Austral. (Commonwealth Sci. & Industr. Res. Organization, Austral.) xxxvii. 952/2 Various wingless intermediates between queens and workers occur in some species. These are the ergatogynes (ergatoids). ˈergatoid n. a wingless sexually competent ant, as an ergatogyne; also as adj. ΚΠ 1899 Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. 140 The adult, sexually capable, though wingless forms, are called ergatoid, because they are similar to workers. 1901 Amer. Naturalist 35 885 The fusca workers attempt to change worker larvæ of Polyergus into queens but succeed only in producing the wingless ergatoids. 1927 Glasgow Herald 16 July 4 The ergatoids can reproduce ergatoids, besides workers and soldiers. ˌergatoˈmorphic adj. worker-like. ΚΠ 1910 W. M. Wheeler Ants vi. 96 The ergatogyne, ergatomorphic, or ergatoid female, is a worker-like form, with ocelli, large eyes, and a thorax more or less like that of the female, but without wings. ˌergatoˈtelic adj. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1910 W. M. Wheeler Ants vii. 120 In these [sc. honey-bees] only the secondary instincts are manifested in the queen, while the worker retains the primary series in full vigor and thus more clearly represents the ancestral female of the species. This type may therefore be called ergatotelic. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1899
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