Ergate

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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"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."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs, “workman”).

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