| 单词 | red ant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred ant red ant n. any of various ants of a reddish colour, esp. (a) a Eurasian ant of the genus Myrmica; (b) U.S. the Pharaoh's ant, Monomorium pharaonis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > red ant red anteOE the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > monomorium pharaonis (Pharaoh's ant) red anteOE Pharaoh's ant1890 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 rubra (red ant) red anteOE 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 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 sanguinea (red ant) red anteOE eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) i. iii. 42 Wiþ þæt ilce eft genim æmetan hors & cropleac.., gecnuwa tosomne, wyrme on scille, do þonne on eare þara readena æmetena hors. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes III. i. vii. 159 This Countrey produceth Serpents as grosse as a man.., which they eat for great dainties; as they doe also certaine red Ants. 1747 W. Gould Acct. Eng. Ants 11 The Red Ants are to be met with under broad Stones or other Rubbish. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xvii. 97 I found the inhabitants of a nest of the red ant (Myrmica rubra) very busily employed. 1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas 161 A miserable dreary month..[was] enlivened only by the musquitoes, red ants, and a semi-occasional ray of moist, half-asleep sunshine. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iv. i. 213 When the Red Ant (Formica Rufa) crawls over a piece of litmus paper, it produces a red track. 1925 G. W. Herrick Man. Injurious Insects 450 The tiny red ant, Monomorium pharaonis, is light-yellow and about one-sixteenth of an inch long. 2002 National Trust Mag. Summer 7/1 The eccentric Large Blue butterfly..relies on red ants to feed its caterpillars underground over winter. < as lemmas |
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