单词	meat ant
释义	meat ant noun : any of several ants of the genus Iridomyrmex that are found mainly in Australia, typically feed as scavengers, and often form large colonies protected by aggressive workers especially : a reddish-purple ant (I. purpureus synonym I. detectus) common throughout Australia and forming large nest mounds which are often topped with gravel Meat ants are Australia's most prolific ants, sometimes building super-nests that extend more than 650m. The 1cm-long workers also have powerful jaws and bite rather than sting. Peter Morley, Sunday Mail (Brisbane, Australia), 6 Apr. 2003 Word History First Known Use 1900, in the meaning defined above
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