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LEGIONARY ANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does legionary ant mean? 

LEGIONARY ANT (noun)
  The noun LEGIONARY ANT has 1 sense:

1. tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insectsplay

  Familiarity information: LEGIONARY ANT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEGIONARY ANT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

army ant; driver ant; legionary ant

Hypernyms ("legionary ant" is a kind of...):

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)

Holonyms ("legionary ant" is a member of...):

Dorylinae; subfamily Dorylinae (army ants)


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