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army ant
释义
army ant
noun
:
any of a subfamily (Dorylinae) of aggressive nomadic tropical ants that prey on insects and spiders
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army ants
that span gaps on the forest floor by linking their own bodies into bridges.
Quanta Magazine
, 6 July 2017
The fact that
army ants
don’t always build the distance-minimizing bridge suggests there’s some other factor in their unconscious calculation.
Quanta Magazine
, 26 Feb. 2018
But once in close range, the target is easy to spot: Huge swaths of
army ants
in search of food for their voracious young sometimes cover the length and almost half the width of a football field.
Quanta Magazine
, 9 Apr. 2014
An individual
army ant
is practically blind and has a minuscule brain that couldn’t begin to fathom their elaborate collective movement.
Quanta Magazine
, 26 Feb. 2018
Instead, this tiny beetle -- only 1.5 millimeters long -- lives alongside a species of nomadic
army ant
.
Ashley Strickland,
CNN
, 23 May 2018
It's named for Daniel Kronauer, a field biologist who studies
army ants
and discovered the species.
Ashley Strickland,
CNN
, 23 May 2018
Nymphister kronaueri Anterior view of Nymphister kronaueri attached to an Eciton mexicanum
army ant
worker Image credit: © D. Kronauer.
Sarah Gray,
Fortune
, 23 May 2018
The recent study grew out of experiments conducted with
army ants
in the Panamanian jungle in 2014.
Kevin Hartnett,
Washington Post
, 7 Apr. 2018
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Word History
First Known Use
1863, in the meaning defined above
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