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slave-making ant
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slave-mak·ing ant (slvmkng)
n.
Any of various species of ant, such as Formica sanguinea of Europe, that raid the nests of other ants and carry off the pupae in order to provide workers for their own colony.
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Noun1.slave-making ant - an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants
slave-maker
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
Formica sanguinea, sanguinary ant - slave-making ant widely distributed over the northern hemisphere
Amazon ant, Polyergus rufescens - small reddish slave-making ant species


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