fungus-growing ant
fungus-growing ant · fungus-growing ants
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.
Meaning
1 sensesAny ant of the tribe Attini, which grow fungi in their ant colonies using food scraps, the fungi are then used to feed the colony.
Origin
From fungus + growing + ant.From fungus + growing + ant.
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Forms
plural: fungus-growing ants| Singular | fungus-growing ant |
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See also
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