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单词 honey ant
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honey ant


noun

any of several ants, especially of the genus Myrmecocystus, that feed on honeydew or nectar and store the excess juices in the bodies of certain worker ants.

Origin of honey ant

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby honey ant

honesty, honesty box, Honesty is the best policy, honewort, honey, honey ant, honey badger, honey bear, honeybee, honeyberry, honey bucket
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Example sentences from the Web for honey ant

  • It will be enough to glance at the commencement of the ritual of the honey-ant totemites.

    Anthropology|Robert Marett
  • Two species which are now attached to the honey-ant were formerly honey-ants, etc.

    The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life|Emile Durkheim
  • The honey-ant is herself a storehouse of food in case of famine.

    Birds and All Nature, Vol. V, No. 3, March 1899|Various
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