单词 | horse ant |
释义 | > as lemmashorse ant horse ant n. a large species of ant. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > family Formicidae or genus Formica > formica rufa (horse-ant) red anteOE horse ant1721 horse-emmet1755 wood-ant1889 1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 132 There are several sorts of Ants, some of which are larger than our common House Flies; these are call'd Horse-Ants. 1747 W. Gould Acct. Eng. Ants 2 (note) They [Hill Ants] are also called Horse Ants, or Hippomyrmaces..probably on Account of their being superior in Size to the other species. 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. viii. 230 Ants will sometimes plant their colonies in our kitchens (I have known the horse-ant, Formica rufa, do this). 1908 Westm. Gaz. 16 Apr. 10/3 The ‘horse-ant’,..(Formica rufa), the big fellow which builds the great heaps, usually of pine-needles. 1945 C. P. Haskins Of Ants & Men ix. 167 Typical of this group [sc. raiding ants] is Formica rufa, the ‘horse ant’ or ‘fallow ant’ of England and Europe, whose great thatched mounds form a conspicuous feature of the German forests. < as lemmas |
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