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fungus-growing ant

noun

Etymology

From fungus + growing + ant.

  1. inherited from *meh₂y-✻ — “to cut”
  2. inherited from *ē-✻ — “off, away”
  3. inherited from *āmaitijā✻
  4. inherited from æmete — “ant”
  5. inherited from ampte
  6. compounded as fungus-growing ant — “fungus + growing + ant”

Definitions

  1. Any ant of the tribe Attini, which grow fungi in their ant colonies using food scraps,…

    Any ant of the tribe Attini, which grow fungi in their ant colonies using food scraps, the fungi are then used to feed the colony.

    • Fungus-growing ants (Attini) are in reality unique fungus-culturing insects.
    • The fungus-growing ants are a New World group of > 200 species, all obligate symbionts with a fungus they use for food.

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