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Driver ant   /drˈaɪvər ænt/   Listen
Driver ant

noun
1.
Tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects.  Synonyms: army ant, legionary ant.






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"Driver ant" Quotes from Famous Books



... myself am the deviser of a variant of the unduly notorious kite device and the scarcely less celebrated 'Six Gates of Wisdom.' I term it The Feast of a Thousand Ants. It is performed with the aid of African driver ant, a pair of surgical scissors and a pot of honey. I have observed you studying with interest the human skeleton yonder. It is that of one of my followers—a Nubian mute—who met with an untimely end quite recently. You are wondering, no doubt, how I obtained the frame in so short a time? My ...
— The Golden Scorpion • Sax Rohmer



Words linked to "Driver ant" :   pismire, subfamily Dorylinae, Dorylinae, ant, army ant, legionary ant, emmet



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