Amazon Ant (Noun)
Meaning
Small reddish slave-making ant species.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The Amazon ant is a small reddish slave-making ant species known for its distinctive behavior of raiding other colonies to capture workers.
- Amazon ants are found in the southeastern United States and are recognized by their reddish-brown color and distinctive elongated heads.
- The Amazon ant is a social parasite that relies on the labor of captured workers from other ant species to sustain its own colony.
- Researchers have studied the Amazon ant to better understand the complex social dynamics of slave-making ant species.
- In the wild, Amazon ants are often seen marching in large groups as they forage for food or raid neighboring colonies.