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turtle ants

turtle ants is the plural of turtle ant.

Meaning of turtle ant

Noun

turtle ant (plural turtle ants)

  1. Any of the tree-dwelling ants of the tribe Cephalotini (genera Cephalotes and Procryptocerus).
    • The species he concentrated on was Cephalotes atratus, a slate-black “turtle ant” with a flattened body. High-speed videos proved that when dislodged from a tree, a turtle ant stretches out her body and limbs and aligns herself with respect to the ground so that she doesn't turn head over heels.2010, Mark W. Moffett, Adventures among Ants: A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions, University of California Press, page 137

Questions about turtle ants

What is turtle ants the plural of?
Turtle ants is the plural of turtle ant.

Words near turtle ants in the dictionary

  1. turtans
  2. turtanu
  3. turtanus
  4. turtle
  5. turtle ant
  6. turtle ants
  7. turtle bean
  8. turtle crab
  9. turtle crawl
  10. turtle crawls
  11. turtle curb

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