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slave-making ant

DEFINITIONS OF: slave-making ant

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n an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants

Synonyms:
slave-maker
Types:
Formica sanguinea, sanguinary ant
slave-making ant widely distributed over the northern hemisphere
Amazon ant, Polyergus rufescens
small reddish slave-making ant species
Type of:
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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