| slovo | definícia |
agricultural ant
(gcide) | Harvesting \Har"vest*ing\,
a. & n., from Harvest, v. t.
[1913 Webster]
Harvesting ant (Zool.), any species of ant which gathers
and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known.
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Note: The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are
Aphenogaster structor and Aphenogaster barbara;
that of Texas, called agricultural ant, is
Pogonomyrmex barbatus or Myrmica molifaciens; that
of Florida is Pogonomyrmex crudelis. See
Agricultural ant, under Agricultural.
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Agricultural ant
(gcide) | Agricultural \Ag`ri*cul"tur*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged
in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural
implements, wages, etc. -- Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ly, adv.
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Agricultural ant (Zool.), a species of ant which gathers
and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable
species (Myrmica barbata) found in Texas clears circular
areas and carefully cultivates its favorite grain, known
as ant rice.
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agricultural ant
(gcide) | Harvesting \Har"vest*ing\,
a. & n., from Harvest, v. t.
[1913 Webster]
Harvesting ant (Zool.), any species of ant which gathers
and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are
Aphenogaster structor and Aphenogaster barbara;
that of Texas, called agricultural ant, is
Pogonomyrmex barbatus or Myrmica molifaciens; that
of Florida is Pogonomyrmex crudelis. See
Agricultural ant, under Agricultural.
[1913 Webster]Agricultural \Ag`ri*cul"tur*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged
in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural
implements, wages, etc. -- Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
Agricultural ant (Zool.), a species of ant which gathers
and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable
species (Myrmica barbata) found in Texas clears circular
areas and carefully cultivates its favorite grain, known
as ant rice.
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