Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The common red ant, Formica rufa.
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Examples
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We know, for example, that the horse-ant (_Formica rufa_, Fig. 3) has little _individual_ intelligence, but is extremely socialistic, and moves and acts _en masse_ with precision and tact.
A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Various 1891
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The horse-ant (_Formica rufa_) will carry off the larvæ and pupæ of other ants _for food_, and it sometimes happens that some of these captives, spared by their cannibal neighbors, will grow up in the nest of their captor.
A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Various 1891
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Our great English horse-ant is a moderate slaveholder; but the big red ant of Southern Europe carries the domestic institution many steps further.
Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Grant Allen 1873
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