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- noun zoology, rare A conical structure with a small terminal opening, at the posterior end of an
ant ’sgaster through which it spraysformic acid and associated hydrocarbons, collectively comprising the venom. This structure is unique to, but characteristic of all members of the ant subfamilyFormicinae .
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