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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
ant-cow .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they secrete; plural of
ant cow . Seeaphips .
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In some species the workers serve as herdsmen, caring for the ant-cattle or aphids, from which they receive minute drops of a sweet juice for food.
The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope Henry Edward Crampton
hernesheir commented on the word ant-cattle
See psocid.
December 2, 2010