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honey-pot ant

noun

Etymology

From honeypot + ant. From its large abdomen resembling a pot of honey, which contains a sweet substance used for colony survival.

inherited from *meh₂y-✻ — “to cut”
inherited from *ē-✻ — “off, away”
inherited from *āmaitijā✻
inherited from æmete — “ant”
inherited from ampte
compounded as honey-pot ant — “honeypot + ant”

Definitions

A type of ant from Australia, known for a class of individuals within the colony which…
A type of ant from Australia, known for a class of individuals within the colony which have huge inflated amber-coloured abdomen.
The class of repletes, individuals of the colony which resemble honeypots.
An individual ant of the type
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1. An individual ant of the replete class

The neighborhood

synonymhoney ant
synonymplerergate
synonymreplete
synonymrotund
neighborhoneypot
neighborhoney-pot
neighborhoney pot
neighborhoney
neighborpot
neighborant

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