Slave Ant (Noun)
Meaning
Any of various ants captured as larvae and enslaved by another species.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The slave ant colony was forced to forage for food and supplies for their captors.
- Some species of ants are known to raid the colonies of other species to capture slave ants.
- The slave ants were tasked with caring for the young of their enslavers.
- Researchers studied the complex social dynamics between the slave ants and their captors.
- The slave ants were often forced to perform tasks that were detrimental to their own colony's survival.