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macrergate Ent.|mæˈkrɜːgeɪt| Also macroërgate. [ad. G. makroergate (E. Wasmann 1895, in Biol. Centralbl. XV. 606), f. Gr. µακρ-ός large + ἐργάτης worker.] A large worker ant.
1901W. M. Wheeler in Amer. Naturalist XXXV. 879 The larger macroërgates are nearly eight times as large as the normal workers. 1910― Ants vi. 97 The macrergate is an unusually large worker form which in some species is produced only in populous or affluent colonies. 1915H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe Brit. Ants 40 The macrergate is larger in stature than the normal worker of the species in question. |