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ergates

ergates is the plural of ergate.

Meaning of ergate

Noun

ergate (plural ergates)

  1. A worker ant.
    • The worker (ergates) is characterized by the complete absence of wings and a very small (stenonotal) thorax, much simplified in the structure of its sclerites.1910, William Morton Wheeler, Ants: Their Structure, Development and Behavior, Columbia University Press, page 97

Questions about ergates

What is ergates the plural of?
Ergates is the plural of ergate.

Words near ergates in the dictionary

  1. ergatandromorph
  2. ergatandromorphs
  3. ergataner
  4. ergataners
  5. ergate
  6. ergates
  7. ergatival
  8. ergative
  9. ergative case
  10. ergative cases
  11. ergative verb

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