Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or relating to ants.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
myrmecology
Etymologies
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Examples
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A special issue has a kind of "stygmergy" - in myrmecological (ant science) lingo, "the work that inspires the workers."
Killer Germs in Space! frankwu 2007
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And the skull of a sabertooth cat or a facsimile cast, anyway rests on a table, offering a note of mammalian relief to the myrmecological theme.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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He had become interested in ants by the time he was nine, and soon after that he began doing precociously serious myrmecological fieldwork.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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And the skull of a sabertooth cat or a facsimile cast, anyway rests on a table, offering a note of mammalian relief to the myrmecological theme.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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He had become interested in ants by the time he was nine, and soon after that he began doing precociously serious myrmecological fieldwork.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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It was there that the drone proceeded to embark upon an enterprise so bold, so daring, so un-myrmecological, that those who attended him could scarce believe it.
Carnivores of Light and Darkness Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000
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I know from various sources that a large portion of the myrmecological community reads the blog regularly, regardless of whether they agree with my various rantings. homebuggarden
Myrmecos Blog 2009
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