单词 | slave-making ant |
释义 | slave-making ant in American English (ˈsleɪvˌmeɪkɪŋ) an ant of any of several species that enslave ants of other species, as by raiding their nests to carry off pupae that are kept until they become useful as workers slave-making ant in American English (ˈsleivˌmeikɪŋ) noun an ant of a species that raids the colonies of other ant species, carrying off larvae and pupae to be reared as slaves Word origin [1810–20]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cleavage, knockout, liberalism, nihilism, unitary |
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