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leafcutter ant

leafcutter ant is the alternative spelling of leaf-cutter ant.

Meaning of leaf-cutter ant

Noun

leaf-cutter ant (plural leaf-cutter ants)

  1. Any of the 41 species of ants in the genera Atta and Acromyrmex, that cut fragments from leaves and takes them to its colony's nest.

Forms of leafcutter ant

pluralleafcutter ants

Questions about leafcutter ant

What is leafcutter ant the alternative spelling of?
Leafcutter ant is the alternative spelling of leaf-cutter ant.

Words near leafcutter ant in the dictionary

  1. leafbursts
  2. leafcasting
  3. leafcup
  4. leafcups
  5. leafcutter
  6. leafcutter ant
  7. leafcutter ants
  8. leafcutter bee
  9. leafcutter bees
  10. leafcutters
  11. leafcutting

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