English Explanatory Dictionary

skull-collecting ant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

skull-collecting ant skull-collecting ants

Etymology

From skull + collecting + ant.

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