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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. MarcossonIn 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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