| 单词 | leaf-cutter ant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasleaf-cutter ant leaf-cutter ant n. any of numerous New World ants of the genera Atta and Acromyrmex, which cut pieces from leaves and take them back to the colony, where they are used to cultivate fungi that the ants feed on. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > leaf-cutting or carrying ant parasol ant1781 leaf-cutting ant1863 leaf-cutter ant1879 1879 A. S. Packard Zoology vii. 382 The leaf-cutter ants of Central and South America (Fig. 365) are famous from their leaf-cutting habits. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xix. 484 To this great family belong also the celebrated honey ants, the fungus-growing ants, the leaf-cutter ants, and many others. 2013 New Yorker 22 Apr. 60/3 Green-and-black poison dart frogs hopped about in the litter, and leaf-cutter ants carried tiny flowers. < as lemmas |
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