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driver ant
driver ant
noun
any of various tropical African predatory ants of the subfamily Dorylinae, which live in temporary nests and travel in vast hordes preying on other animals See also army ant
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of driver ant1
Example Sentences
Believe that, too, for driver ants are possessed, collectively, of the size and influence of a Biblical plague.
Scorpions and centipedes are inferior in worrying power to driver ants, but they are a feature in Coast life, particularly in places—Cameroons, for example.
The biggest extant equivalents are the driver ants of the Dorylus genus, found in Central and East Africa, which can also grow to 5cm long.
We got rid of the driver ants by keeping up a big fire in their cave for a week.
It is performed with the aid of African driver ant, a pair of surgical scissors and a pot of honey.
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