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Definition of Formicaries
1. formicary [n] - See also: formicary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Formicaries
Literary usage of Formicaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Insect Architecture by James Rennie (1830)
"The preceding figure represents a view of one of his formicaries of mason-ants.
We have ourselves followed up his observations, both on natural ant-hills ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1906)
"I have seen two examples of such recently established formicaries. Then, too,
one of my friends [M. Perrot of Neufchatel, an excellent naturalist] whose ..."
3. Stoddart's Encyclopaedia Americana: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by American supplement, Encyclopaedia britannica (1883)
"Other ants are kidnapped, but the above show the greatest adaptability to this
form of associated life, although they conduct independent formicaries with ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"Garments so infected, left in the vicinity of the formicaries, are quickly and
perfectly cleaned of both parasites and eggs, —a fact which was formerly well ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"... have constructed their formicaries in these hummocks, which range from 30 cm.
to 60 cm. in diameter at the base and from 20 cm. to 30 cm. in height. ..."
6. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1905)
"The industry of these little workers has dotted the prairies with their formicaries.
Their mounds are conspicuous along the slopes of a ravine. ..."
7. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1885)
"In this way the formicaries are kept safe within the girdling ranks of the friendly
plant. Concerning the effects upon the ants of the severe winters of ..."
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