单词 | bulldog ant |
释义 | > as lemmasbulldog ant b. A kind of ant; also bulldog ant (Australian). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > member of genus Myrmecia (bull-ant) bulldog1853 bull-ant1900 jumper1907 1853 E. Clacy Lady's Visit Gold Diggings Austral. xvi. 249 The largest [ants] are called by the old colonists, ‘bull~dogs’, and formidable creatures they are. 1860 W. B. Clarke Res. S. Gold Fields New S. Wales vii. 120 It was difficult to find a spot on which to lay our blankets, on account of the ‘Bull Dog Ants’. 1881 Cheq. Career 324 The ‘bull-dog’ ant and the ‘soldier’ are about on a par as regards venom. < as lemmas |
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