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driver ant

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noun
army ant.
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Origin of driver ant

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby driver ant

drivel, driveline, driven, drive-off, driver, driver ant, driver ed, driver education, driverless, driver's license, driver's seat
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How to use driver ant in a sentence

  • Another frequent guest is the driver ant, which travels in armies and frequently takes complete possession of a house.

    An African Adventure|Isaac F. Marcosson

  • In the driver ant of West Africa one kind of neuter is three times the size of the other, and has jaws nearly five times as long.

    Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited?|William Platt Ball

British Dictionary definitions for driver ant

driver ant
noun
any of various tropical African predatory ants of the subfamily Dorylinae, which live in temporary nests and travel in vast hordes preying on other animalsSee also army ant
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