raffle antn.

Brit.

/ˈrafl ˌant/, U.S.

/ˈræf(ə)l ˌænt/, Caribbean English

/ˈraflɪn/

Forms: 1700s Raffles' ant, 1800s rifle ant, 1800s– raffle ant.

Origin: Apparently from a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Raffle , Raffles , ant n.¹

Etymology: Apparently < the name of Thomas Raffle or Raffles, a planter who supposedly introduced this ant to Jamaica from Cuba in c1762 (compare quot. 1793) + ant n.¹In form rifle ant perhaps influenced by rifle v.¹, which N.E.D. (1903) tentatively suggested as etymon of the first part of the compound; however, this is unlikely, as the form is not the earliest one, and is labelled ‘erroneous’ by F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) at rifle ant.

Caribbean. Now historical.

A kind of predatory ant which is said to have been introduced into Jamaica to control pests in sugar cane plantations, and later to have become a pest itself.There is confusion concerning the ant's identity, and some doubt as to whether it was genuinely an introduced species. Linnaeus's name Formica omnivora (mentioned in quot. 1793) was used differently by various authors, and cannot now be assigned to an identifiable species. Later writers on the ‘raffle ant’ generally consider it to have been a species of Prenolepis or Paratrechina. Reports of its preying on rats may perhaps reflect popular confusion with a fire ant (genus Solenopsis).

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

musk-ant1671

velvet ant1748

soldier1781

raffle ant1793

Amazon-ant1824

green tree ant1845

brown ant1868

harvesting ant1873

Amazon1880

crazy ant1885

crazy ant1905

1790 W. Beckford Descr. Acct. Island of Jamaica I. 56 An ant which is known by the name of Tom Raffles.]

1793 B. Edwards Hist. Brit. Colonies W. Indies II. 220 It is the Formica omnivora of Linnæus, and is called in Jamaica Raffles' ant, having been introduced there, as is commonly believed, by one Thomas Raffles, from the Havanna, about the year 1762.—But I conceive it was known in the island from the earliest times.

a1818 M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (1834) 251 The rifle-ant..was imported for the purpose of eating up the ants of the country;..but into the bargain they eat up everything else.

1883 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) 31 Oct. 6/1 The raffle ant killed rats, but it also killed birds, chickens and calves.

1999 J. Terry Lewis's Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (new ed.) Gloss. 293 Rifle ant, Gosse passes on his collaborator, Richard Hill's story of the raffle-ant, or Tom Raffles ant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	raffle ant
释义	raffle antn. Brit. /ˈrafl ˌant/, U.S. /ˈræf(ə)l ˌænt/, Caribbean English /ˈraflɪn/ Forms: 1700s Raffles' ant, 1800s rifle ant, 1800s– raffle ant. Origin: Apparently from a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Raffle , Raffles , ant n.¹ Etymology: Apparently < the name of Thomas Raffle or Raffles, a planter who supposedly introduced this ant to Jamaica from Cuba in c1762 (compare quot. 1793) + ant n.¹In form rifle ant perhaps influenced by rifle v.¹, which N.E.D. (1903) tentatively suggested as etymon of the first part of the compound; however, this is unlikely, as the form is not the earliest one, and is labelled ‘erroneous’ by F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) at rifle ant. Caribbean. Now historical. A kind of predatory ant which is said to have been introduced into Jamaica to control pests in sugar cane plantations, and later to have become a pest itself.There is confusion concerning the ant's identity, and some doubt as to whether it was genuinely an introduced species. Linnaeus's name Formica omnivora (mentioned in quot. 1793) was used differently by various authors, and cannot now be assigned to an identifiable species. Later writers on the ‘raffle ant’ generally consider it to have been a species of Prenolepis or Paratrechina. Reports of its preying on rats may perhaps reflect popular confusion with a fire ant (genus Solenopsis). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > unspecified types musk-ant1671 velvet ant1748 soldier1781 raffle ant1793 Amazon-ant1824 green tree ant1845 brown ant1868 harvesting ant1873 Amazon1880 crazy ant1885 crazy ant1905 1790 W. Beckford Descr. Acct. Island of Jamaica I. 56 An ant which is known by the name of Tom Raffles.] 1793 B. Edwards Hist. Brit. Colonies W. Indies II. 220 It is the Formica omnivora of Linnæus, and is called in Jamaica Raffles' ant, having been introduced there, as is commonly believed, by one Thomas Raffles, from the Havanna, about the year 1762.—But I conceive it was known in the island from the earliest times. a1818 M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (1834) 251 The rifle-ant..was imported for the purpose of eating up the ants of the country;..but into the bargain they eat up everything else. 1883 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) 31 Oct. 6/1 The raffle ant killed rats, but it also killed birds, chickens and calves. 1999 J. Terry Lewis's Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (new ed.) Gloss. 293 Rifle ant, Gosse passes on his collaborator, Richard Hill's story of the raffle-ant, or Tom Raffles ant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1793
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