释义 |
leafcutter ant /ˈliːfkʌtə /nounA tropical ant which cuts pieces from leaves and carries them back to the nest for use as a culture medium for growing food fungi.- Genus Atta, family Formicidae.
They ate emperor moth caterpillars, toasted giant leafcutter ants, black Himalayan ants from China, mealworms, chocolate-covered ants, fish eyes, whitebait, tripe, eels, and snails....- ‘Take for instance the society of the leafcutter ants and their communal leaf fungus.’
- New World tropical leafcutter ants create colossal underground metropolises, each housing several million workers that tend huge fungus gardens.
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