ergate
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs, “workman”)
Noun
ergate (plural ergates)
- (entomology) A worker ant.
- 1910, William Morton Wheeler, Ants: Their Structure, Development and Behavior, Columbia University Press, page 97:
- The worker (ergates) is characterized by the complete absence of wings and a very small (stenonotal) thorax, much simplified in the structure of its sclerites.