Lexic.us

Definition of Legionary ant

1. Noun. Tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Legionary Ant

Literary usage of Legionary ant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Natural History of Insects by James Rennie, John Obadiah Westwood (1833)
"... not existing in these islands, called, by Huber, the Amazon, or legionary ant, the Formica rufescens of Latreille. It is both warlike and powerful, and, ..."

2. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1915)
"The discoveries of a widely i distributed egg parasite of the chinch bug in Kansas, and of a legionary ant enemy of the Argentine ant ..."

3. The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc (1829)
"... not existing in these islands, called by Huber the amazon, or legionary ant, the formica rufescens of Latreille. It is both warlike and powerful, and, ..."

4. American Slavery Distinguished from the Slavery of English Theorists, and by Samuel Seabury (1861)
"... the Amazon, or legionary ant, the Formica rufescens of Latreille. It is both warlike and powerful, and, unlike the rest of the tribe, its habits are far ..."

5. Natural History, Or, Uncle Philip's Conversations with the Children about by Lambert Lilly, Philip (1835)
"And now for the legionary ant. This is a fighting ant, as well as the last I mentioned ; and it actually steals the young of another kind, rears them, ..."

6. Insect Miscellanies.. by James Rennie (1831)
"Huber's legionary ant (F. rufescens) is not the only species which engages in those expeditions; for the sanguine ant (F. sanguinea), mentioned by Mr. ..."

7. Comparative Studies in the Psychology of Ants and of Higher Animals by Erich Wasmann (1905)
"The pretended instances of individual assistance in the legionary ant Eciton hamatum recorded by Belt (The Naturalist in Nicaragua, 2d ed., 1888, p. ..."

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