honey-pot ant
See also: honeypot ant
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honeypot + ant From its large abdomen resembling a pot of honey, which contains a sweet substance used for colony survival.
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honey-pot ant (plural honey-pot ants)
- A type of ant from Australia, known for a class of individuals within the colony which have huge inflated amber-coloured abdomen.
- The class of repletes, individuals of the colony which resemble honeypots.
- An individual ant of the type
- An individual ant of the replete class
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type of ant
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