| 单词 | carpenter ant |
| 释义 | carpenter ant (once / 656629 pages) n WORD FAMILY carpenter ant: carpenter ants USAGE EXAMPLESCarpenter ants don’t cause trees to fall — they nest in already decayed wood — and a big limb above a house doesn’t necessarily need removing. Washington Post(Oct 04, 2016) Whether foraging for food, caring for young, or defending the nest, the worker castes of carpenter ants toil selflessly for their queen and colony. Science Magazine(Dec 31, 2015) Among Florida carpenter ants there are the so-called majors, brawny soldiers that guard the colony, and the smaller minors, who act as foragers. New York Times(Dec 31, 2015) n ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggs Hyper ant, emmet, pismire social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers |
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