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skull-collecting ant

noun

Etymology

From skull + collecting + 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 skull-collecting ant — “skull + collecting + ant”

Definitions

  1. Formica archboldi, a kind of ant that hunts trap jaw ants and takes their severed heads…

    Formica archboldi, a kind of ant that hunts trap jaw ants and takes their severed heads back to its nest.

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