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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A leaf-carrying ant.
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Two parts of hydrogen and one of oxygen, under the proper stimulus, invariably result in water; two and two, considered calmly and without passion, combine into four; the workings of instinct, especially in social insects, is so mechanical that its results can almost be demonstrated in formula; and yet here was my Atta leaf-carrier burdened with a minim.
Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919
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