leaf-cutter ant

See also: leafcutter ant

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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.
    Synonym: leaf-cutting ant

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