| 单词 | slave-maker ant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasslave-maker ant 2. Entomology. More fully slave-maker ant. An ant belonging to a species that captures larval, pupal, or adult ants from another colony (usually of a different species) for use as workers. ΘΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > ant using others as slaves slave-maker1859 1829 J. Rennie & J. O. Westwood Nat. Hist. Insects I. vii. 131 Huber has brought up legionaries and sanguine ants, which are both slave-makers, with negroes [i.e. enslaved ants], in one common dwelling. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species vii. 221 About a score of the slave-makers..approached and were vigorously repulsed by an independent community of the slave species (F. fusca). 1971 Science 16 Apr. 267 Slave-maker ants of the Formica sanguinea group direct their raids by means of odor trails. 2017 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 284 (Article ID 20162249) 2/1 Obligate slavemakers..have lost the abilities to perform social tasks, such as brood care or nest defence and die when not fed by their slaves. < as lemmas |
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