noun
Meaning 1
slavemaker (ant)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
slave-making ant
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noun
Meaning 2
an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: slave-maker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ant, emmet, pismire
Narrower terms: sanguinary ant, Formica sanguinea, Amazon ant, Polyergus rufescens
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