单词 | fungus garden |
释义 | > as lemmasfungus garden fungus garden n. a growth of fungus cultivated in the nests of certain ants, termites, or beetles as a source of food. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Isoptera > member(s) of (termites) > structure containing fungus fungus garden1893 1893 Nature 24 Aug. 392/1 (heading) The fungus gardens of certain South American ants. 1991 M. R. Wagner et al. Forest Entomol. in West Trop. Afr. 164 (caption) Fungus garden within a subterranean termite mound. 2010 S. L. Stephenson Kingdom Fungi x. 191 The host tree is ‘incubated’ with the fungus that will eventually infect the wood, forming ‘fungus gardens’ for the beetles. < as lemmas |
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