fungus-growing ant

English

fungus +‎ growing +‎ ant

fungus-growing ant (plural fungus-growing ants)

(entomology) Any ant of the tribe Attini, which grow fungi in their ant colonies using food scraps, the fungi are then used to feed the colony.
- 1966 August 5, NEAL A. WEBER, “Fungus-Growing Ants: A symbiotic relationship exists between an insect and a plant, involving an effective culturing technique.”, in Science.org‎:
  Fungus-growing ants (Attini) are in reality unique fungus-culturing insects.
- (Can we date this quote?) “Fungus growing ants”, in AntWiki‎:
  The fungus-growing ants are a New World group of > 200 species, all obligate symbionts with a fungus they use for food.

单词	fungus-growing ant
释义	fungus-growing ant English Etymology fungus +‎ growing +‎ ant Noun fungus-growing ant (plural fungus-growing ants) (entomology) Any ant of the tribe Attini, which grow fungi in their ant colonies using food scraps, the fungi are then used to feed the colony. 1966 August 5, NEAL A. WEBER, “Fungus-Growing Ants: A symbiotic relationship exists between an insect and a plant, involving an effective culturing technique.”, in Science.org‎: Fungus-growing ants (Attini) are in reality unique fungus-culturing insects. (Can we date this quote?) “Fungus growing ants”, in AntWiki‎: The fungus-growing ants are a New World group of > 200 species, all obligate symbionts with a fungus they use for food.
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