单词 | ant guest |
释义 | > as lemmasant guest ant guest n. an arthropod, esp. a beetle, that lives commensally inside ants' nests; an inquiline. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > [noun] > of a particular region (fauna) > of particular type > that lives in ants' nest ant guest1872 1872 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 7 231/2 (heading) Ant Guests.—There are several species of beetles which are never seen in any other localities than ants' nests. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiii. 310 There seems no end to these strange linkages in the web of life—caterpillars, ant-guests, and ants all woven together! 2006 W. R. Tschinkel Fire Ants xxxiv. 594 Some ant guests may exploit the same tendency. < as lemmas |
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