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Definition of Formica fusca
1. Noun. An ant frequently enslaved.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Formica Fusca
Literary usage of Formica fusca
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1897)
"I have found this species in Massachusetts with : formica fusca, L., ... Scopa;us
exiguus, Er.—With formica fusca, L., ..."
2. Essays Upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems by August Weismann, Edward Bagnall Poulton, Selmar Schöland, Arthur Everett Shipley (1889)
"I had another queen of formica fusca which lived to be thirteen yean old, and I
have now a queen of ..."
3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1896)
"Workers of Tapinoma sessile Say and formica fusca Linn. var. ... Latr. sub. sp.
rubicunda Em. have associated with them as slaves formica fusca Linn. var. ..."
4. The Entomologist's Text Book: An Introduction to the Natural History by John Obadiah Westwood (1838)
"... a remarkable species which lives in small colonies, making captives and slaves
of the formica fusca, may be mentioned as examples. ..."
5. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"formica fusca, L.—Many nests under stones occurred on the Tobermorey Island, and
on Eigg a very small race was found. All the % s were exceedingly small, ..."
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