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单词 polyergus
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Polyergusn.

Brit. /ˌpɒlɪˈəːɡəs/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈərɡəs/
Forms: also with lower-case initial
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Polyergus.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Polyergus (P. A. Latreille 1804, in Nouveau dict. hist. nat. 24 179) < Hellenistic Greek πολύεργος hard-working < ancient Greek πολυ- poly- comb. form + ἔργον work (see erg n.1). Compare French polyergue (1869 in Littré).
Entomology.
A genus of ants that comprises the Amazon ants; (also polyergus) an ant of this genus.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > member of genus Polyergus
Polyergus1882
1882 J. Lubbock Ants, Bees, & Wasps vii. 180 I presented a slave of Polyergus with a dead fly pinned down.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 21 Jan. 2/1 The polyergus seems to lose even the faculty of making a nest.
1945 C. P. Haskins Of Ants & Men ix. 175 Not only is Polyergus little interested in its nesting site, but it is compelled to abandon it and to move about at frequent intervals.
1999 Sci. Amer. Nov. 62/1 Polyergus and other dulotic (from the Greek word for ‘servant’) ants are obligatory social parasites.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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