slave-making ant
[ sleyv-mey-king ]
noun
an ant of a species that raids the colonies of other ant species, carrying off larvae and pupae to be reared as slave ants.
Origin of slave-making ant
1First recorded in 1810–20
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How to use slave-making ant in a sentence
Formica sanguinea was likewise first discovered by P. Huber to be a slave-making ant.
On the Origin of Species | Charles DarwinAnother species, Formica sanguinea, was likewise first discovered by P. Huber to be a slave-making ant.
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection | Charles Darwin
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