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Honey-pot ant

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Noun
  1. 1
    A type of ant from Australia, known for a class of individuals within the colony which have huge inflated amber-coloured abdomen.
  2. 2
    The class of repletes, individuals of the colony which resemble honeypots.
  3. 3
    An individual ant of the type
  4. 4
    An individual ant of the replete class

Etymology

From honeypot + ant. From its large abdomen resembling a pot of honey, which contains a sweet substance used for colony survival.

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