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ergate Ent. (ˈɜːgeɪt) Also in mod.L. form ergates (ˈɜːgətiːz). [ad. Gr. ἐργάτης workman.] The worker ant.1901 W. M. Wheeler in Amer. Nat. XXXV. 877 (title) The parasitic Origin of Macroërgates among Ants. 1910 ― Ants 97 The worker (ergates) is characterized by the complete absence of wings. So ergaˈ...
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Mermithergate
It is a combination of the nematode genus Mermis, for which Wheeler first described the phenomenon, and ergate, which means ant worker.
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Ant-keeping
A queen ant can be distinguished from an ergate (worker ant) by the relatively larger size of the thorax (which at this point contains the wing muscles
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draw-
draw- the verb-stem in combination: a. used attrib. = drawing-, used for, in, or by drawing: as draw-hook, draw-ladder, draw-lid, draw-mule, draw-nail, draw-pull, draw-stroke, draw-window. draw-arch, a movable arch in a bridge; a drawbridge arch; draw-beam, a windlass; † draw-bed, an extensible bed,...
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Ant
A new ergate spends the first few days of its adult life caring for the queen and young.
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wind-beam
▪ I. † wind-beam1 Obs. Forms: see wind n.1 and beam n.1; also 5 wynbeme, 7 wimbeame. [f. wind n.1 + beam n.1 Cf. G. windlatte, sturmlatte, sturmband.] A cross-beam tying the rafters of a roof: = collar-beam 1.1374 in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 238 Wyndbems suchlates Asthelers Corbels. c 1440...
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pseudo-
pseudo- (sjuːdəʊ, formerly also ps-) before a vowel usually pseud-, repr. the Gr. combining element ψευδο-, ψευδ-, ‘false, falsely’, from stem of ψευδ-ής adj. false, ψεῦδ-ος falsity, falsehood, ψεύδ-ειν to deceive, cheat, ψεύδ-εσθαι to be false, speak falsely. Forming in Greek many compounds; with n...
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