单词 | honey-holder |
释义 | > as lemmashoney-holder honey-holder n. now rare = honey-bearer n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > honey-ant > honey-holder honey-bearer1879 honey-holder1894 1894 Westm. Gaz. 27 Feb. 1/3 The specialised honey-holders are fed by the workers till they can contain no more without danger of an explosion. 1914 V. L. Kellogg Amer. Insects (ed. 3) xv. 547 A sweetish sticky liquid..is brought in by the foraging workers and fed to the sedentary honey holders. 1933 C. E. Waterman Apiatia: Little Ess. on Honey-makers 57 A specially formed worker, which is termed a honey-holder. < as lemmas |
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