| 单词 | crazy ant |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrazy ant crazy ant n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > unspecified types musk-ant1671 velvet ant1748 soldier1781 raffle ant1793 Amazon-ant1824 green tree ant1845 brown ant1868 harvesting ant1873 Amazon1880 crazy ant1885 crazy ant1905 1885 A. Brassey In Trades 132 Another curious variety is appropriately called the ‘crazy ant’. He always seems to be in a violent hurry..moving forwards, backwards, and sideways in the most purposeless and insane manner. crazy ant crazy ant n. any of several ants that exhibit very fast or erratic movement, esp. Prenolepsis longicornis, native to tropical regions. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > unspecified types musk-ant1671 velvet ant1748 soldier1781 raffle ant1793 Amazon-ant1824 green tree ant1845 brown ant1868 harvesting ant1873 Amazon1880 crazy ant1885 crazy ant1905 1905 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 21 111 Prenolepsis longicornis... This tropicopolitan species which is common in New Providence..but very sporadic on the eastern coast of Andros..,occurs in houses and is known as the ‘crazy ant’ on account of its singular erratic movements. 1915 C. A. Ealand Insects & Man vi. 245 The Argentine ant, Iridomyrmex humilis... The ant has received its popular name from the fact that Argentina is believed to be one, at least, of the countries in which it is native. At first it was called the ‘New Orleans ant’..; other names which have been suggested and dropped..are the ‘crazy ant’, the ‘tropical ant’, and the ‘pernicious ant’. 1971 E. O. Wilson Insect Societies xxi. 447/2 Paratrechina longicornis, the swift-running hormiga loca (crazy ant) found in tropical cities around the world, is an example of a class of species I have come to call ‘opportunists’. 1983 Listener 27 Oct. 16/3 Another new import is the long-legged ant, which is also called the Crazy Ant, which has appropriately turned up in a psychiatric hospital. < as lemmas |
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