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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARMY ANT

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WHAT DOES ARMY ANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Army ant

The name army ant is applied to over 200 ant species, in different lineages, due to their aggressive predatory foraging groups, known as "raids", in which huge numbers of ants forage simultaneously over a certain area. Another shared feature is that, unlike most ant species, army ants do not construct permanent nests; an army ant colony moves almost incessantly over the time it exists. All species are members of the true ant family, Formicidae, but several groups have independently evolved the same basic behavioral and ecological syndrome. This syndrome is often referred to as "legionary behavior", and is an example of convergent evolution. Most New World army ants belong to the subfamily Ecitoninae, which contains two tribes: Cheliomyrmecini and Ecitonini. The former only contains the genus Cheliomyrmex, whereas the latter contains four genera: Neivamyrmex, Nomamyrmex, Labidus, and Eciton. The largest genus is Neivamyrmex, which contains more than 120 species; the most predominant species is Eciton burchellii; its common name "army ant" is considered to be the archetype of the species.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE ARMY ANT

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Translation of «army ant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARMY ANT

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The translations of army ant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «army ant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

行军蚁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ejército de hormigas
570 millions of speakers

English

army ant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सेना चींटी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

النمل الجيش
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

армия муравьев
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

formiga exército
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সেনা এন্টি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

armée de fourmis
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tentera semut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Armeeameise
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

軍隊アリ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

군대 개미
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tentara semut
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Translator English - Vietnamese

quân đội kiến
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இராணுவ எறும்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सैन्य मुंगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ordu karınca
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

esercito formica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

armia mrówek
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Translator English - Ukrainian

армія мурах
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

furnică armată
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Translator English - Greek

στρατού μυρμήγκι
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Translator English - Afrikaans

weermag mier
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Translator English - Swedish

armé ant
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

soldatmaur
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARMY ANT»

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Army Ant Parade
Depicts an army of ants as it parades through the rain forest in search of a meal.
April Pulley Sayre, 2002
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Insects of the Texas Lost Pines
Distribution: The dark army ant occurs in the United States from West Virginia to the Pacific Ocean. Remarks: Length of typical worker 5 mm. The small size and ordinary-looking jaws of this army ant are likely to disappoint those who expect a  ...
Stephen Welton Taber, Scott B. Fleenor, 2003
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Issues in Behavioral Psychology: 2013 Edition
University of California, Santa Barbara: Specializations of birds that attend army ant raids: An ecological approach to cognitive and behavioral studies By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Ecology, Environment & Conservation ...
‎2013
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Advances in Myrmecology
Wilson (1958) estimated that army ant behavior has arisen convergently at least seven times. Until recently, documented examples of army ant behavior outside of the "true army ants" were confined to the subfamily Ponerinae, especially to the  ...
James C. Trager, 1988
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Insects and Spiders of the World
A single army ant is small and harmless enough, but a swarm of these ants can kill a larger animal in its way and will leave a trail of devastation through the rain forest. T A soldier army ant guards the colony. Its large mandibles (mouthparts) ...
Robert S. Anderson, Richard Beatty, Stuart Church, 2003
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A Bibliography of Ant Systematics
Phylogenetic implications of army ant zoogeography (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 72:462-467. [1979.07.15] Gotwald, W. H., Jr. 1980. Ant. Pp. 35-38 in: Academic American Encyclopedia. Volume 2. Princeton: Arete ...
Philip S. Ward, 1996
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ADVANCES IN THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOR
Army-ant life and behavior under dry-season conditions. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 94, 7-81. Schneirla, T. C. (1957). Theoretical consideration of cyclic processes in Doryline ants. Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 101, 106-133. Schneirla, T. C. (1958).
Jay S. Rosenblatt, 1984
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Army Ants: The Biology of Social Predation
The definitive work on army ants around the world, this richly illustrated book is as engaging as it is thorough.
William H. Gotwald, 1995
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Leadership Safari:
army ant can become comfortable advocating their opinions in a group setting; especially when their input will create a better outcome for the team. *** Surviving with a leadership army ant may be one of the easiest management challenges ...
Brian A. Iannucci, Ph.D., MBA, 2014
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The Ants
The reproductive functions of the army-ant queen as pacemakers of the group behavior pattern. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 52(2): 153-192. • 1946a. Ant learning as a problem in comparative psychology. In P. L. Harriman  ...
Bert Hölldobler, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARMY ANT»

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NHL Prospects: Blue Jackets Updated Top-5
... native combines blazing speed with creative on-ice vision and a magical set of hands — he can stickhandle a donut through an army ant hill. «Today's Slapshot, Jul 15»
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Climate Change: Underground Army Ants Can't Cope with High …
Some species just can't take the heat, and underground ants are one of them. Scientists have found that certain army ant species that live in ... «Science World Report, Jun 15»
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The London Zoo: Mothers are givers
Army ant queens have abdomens that are so distended for the purposes of productivity that they can lay up to 21,000 eggs a day. Termite ... «Arizona Daily Sun, May 15»
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“Life at the Limits” shows extremophiles aren't just bacteria
Or the army ant, which can lay 120,000 eggs a month. Or the Hercules beetle, which can lift 80 times its own weight. Or the elephant seal, which ... «Ars Technica, Apr 15»
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Mites crawl and breed in the strangest places. Some set up shop on …
One species of mite hangs on to the hind foot of the army ant Eciton dulcius, and its hind legs serve as surrogates for the ant's own claw. Others float through the ... «National Geographic, Jan 15»
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Star Wars Episode VII George Lucas Special Edition Trailer
The only thing missing from this trailer was Jar Jar Binks, and maybe Indiana Jones pushing a communist into an army ant colony. George ... «Lightly Buzzed, Nov 14»
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Bug Horror of the '70s: Things that go squish in the night
And if you've ever heard of Eciton burchellii (better known as the army ant), you know that ant colonies are incredibly well organized ... «Paste Magazine, Oct 14»
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Cheeky chimps! Wild primates are filmed raiding farms in Uganda to …
When they have found an army ant colony, chimpanzees will dig into the nest with the first tool to aggravate the insects. They then dip the ... «Daily Mail, Oct 14»
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Chimps have favourite 'tool set' for hunting army ants
On locating an army ant colony, chimpanzees will dig into the nest with the first tool - aggravating the insects. They then dip the second tool into ... «Zee News, Oct 14»
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Chimpanzees have favorite 'tool set' for hunting staple food of army …
On locating an army ant colony, chimpanzees will dig into the nest with the first tool - aggravating the insects. They then dip the second tool into ... «Phys.Org, Oct 14»

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