slave ant
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
slave ant (plural slave ants)
- Any of various species of ants which are captured and enslaved by another species, especially Formica fusca of Europe and America, which is commonly enslaved by Formica sanguinea.
- Synonym: negro ant
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References[edit]
- “slave”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.