英语词汇“worker major”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

worker major n. Entomology (in ants with workers of different types) a subcaste composed of the largest workers, having large heads and frequently functioning for defence; such a worker, esp. a soldier ant.

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1858 F. Smith Catal. Hymenopterous Insects Brit. Mus. vi. 2 In describing the workers of this genus [sc. Formica] we have used the terms Worker major and Worker minor.

1924 J. A. Thomson Sci. Old & New xliv. 259 While the umbrella-ant workers are busy.., some of their fellows, with enormously large heads, simply walk about looking on; they have been called ‘worker-majors’.

2011 G. Gordh & D. Headrick Dict. Entomol. (ed. 2) 1268/2 Soldier, Formicidae: worker majors in certain ants.

单词	worker major
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