leaf-cutter ant

leaf-cutter ant

See also: leafcutter ant

English

Alternative forms

• leafcutter ant

Noun

leaf-cutter ant (plural leaf-cutter ants)

1. Any of the 41 species of ants in the genera Atta and Acromyrmex, that cut fragments from leaves and takes them to its colony's nest.

   Synonym: leaf-cutting ant

Derived terms

• Texas leafcutter ant

Translations

type of ant

Chinese: Mandarin: 切葉蟻／切叶蚁 (qiēyèyǐ) Estonian: lehelõikaja-sipelgas Finnish: lehdenleikkaajamuurahainen French: fourmi coupe-feuille f German: Blattschneiderameise (de) f Japanese: 葉切蟻 (はきりあり, hakiriari) Korean: 가위개미 (gawigaemi) Portuguese: formiga cortadeira (pt) f Russian: мураве́й-листоре́з (ru) m (muravéj-listoréz) Spanish: hormiga arriera f, hormiga cortadora f, (Colombian Llanos, Venezuela) bachaco m, (Cuba) bibijagua f, (Central Mexico) chancharra m, (Mexico) chicatana m, (Peru) coqui m, (Eastern Central Colombia) hormiga culona f, (Northwestern Mexico) mochomo m, (Southern Mexico) nucú m, (Bolivia) tujo m, (Costa Rica) zompopa f, (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Southern Mexico) zompopo (es) f Swedish: bladskärarmyra c Tagalog: antik

See also

• leaf-cutter bee
• leaf-cutter ant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Atta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Acromyrmex on Wikispecies.Wikispecies