- army ant
- ar′my ant`n.ent any of various chiefly tropical ants of the subfamily Dorylinae, traveling in vast swarms and preying mainly on other insectsAlso called driver ant
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army ant
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army ant — n. any of a number of carnivorous ants that travel in long lines and prey on insects and animals in their path; esp., any of a genus (Eciton) of such ants of the American tropics and S U.S … English World dictionary
Army ant — The name army ant (or legionary ant or Marabunta ) is applied to over 200 ant species, in different lineages, due to their aggressive predatory foraging groups, known as raids , in which huge numbers of ants all forage simultaneously over a… … Wikipedia
army ant — noun tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects • Syn: ↑driver ant, ↑legionary ant • Hypernyms: ↑ant, ↑emmet, ↑pismire • Member Holonyms: ↑Dorylinae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
army ant — noun A tropical nomadic ant, of the subfamily Dorylinae, that preys on other insects. Syn: driver ant, legionary ant … Wiktionary
army ant — any of the chiefly tropical ants of the suborder Dorylinae that travel in vast swarms, preying mainly on other insects. Also called driver ant, legionary ant. [1870 75] * * * … Universalium
army ant — /ˈami ænt/ (say ahmee ant) noun any ant of the tropical and subtropical genus Dorylinae, characterised by travelling in vast swarms …
army ant — n. swarming tropical ant that exists on other insects … English contemporary dictionary
army ant — noun a blind nomadic tropical ant that forages in large columns, preying on insects. [Subfamily Dorylinae: many species.] … English new terms dictionary
army ant — noun Date: 1874 any of a subfamily (Dorylinae) of aggressive nomadic tropical ants that prey on insects and spiders … New Collegiate Dictionary
Ant-follower — Ant followers are birds that feed by following swarms of army ants and take prey flushed by those ants.Willis, E. Y. Oniki (1978) [http://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t ct=res cd=2 url=http%3A%2F%2Flinks.jstor.org%2Fsici%3Fsici%3D0066… … Wikipedia
