slave-making ant
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of slave-making ant
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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If we had not known of any other slave-making ant, it would have been hopeless to speculate how so wonderful an instinct could have been perfected.
From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles
He selects three cases which he found it specially hard to deal with: that of the cuckoo, that of the cell-building bee, and of the slave-making ant.
From What is Darwinism? by Hodge, Charles
Formica sanguinea was likewise first discovered by P. Huber to be a slave-making ant.
From On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Darwin, Charles
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