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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to that deep-seated portion of the earth which is not open to observation.
- Derived from Arachis hypogæa.
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Of Ants and Men
While reading Orwell's non-fiction, I ran across his 68 year-old review of this book, which by focusing on the most lurid aspects piqued my interest, and so I checked it out of my library.
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yarb The Atiine society, however, is but one of the culture-types that the Myrmicines have produced. Pastoral groups, thief ants, temporary parasites, permanently parasitic forms in which the worker caste has been abandoned, hypogeic forms, epigeic forms, bold conquistadors, all have sprung from this versatile and prolific group.
- Caryl P. Haskins, Of Ants and Men, 1939, p. 42 Dec 5, 2008