Amazon ant
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amazon ant
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(Animals) any of several small reddish ants of the genus Polyergus, esp P. rufescens, that enslave the young of other ant species
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Noun | 1. | ![]() slave-maker, slave-making ant - an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants genus Polyergus, Polyergus - Amazon ants |
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