agricultural ant
US
noun
An ant that harvests grass seed or cultivates fungi; specifically the red harvester ant of Texas, Pogonomyrmex barbatus, which clears all vegetation from the vicinity of the nest apart from prairie three-awn grass (ant rice).
Origin
Mid 19th century.
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