dinergate

dinergate
n. [Gr. deinos, terrible; ergates, worker]
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
A soldier ant, characterized by a huge head and mandibles (for defense) and a thoracic structure sometimes the size of the female, or in the development of its sclerites.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • dinergatogyne — n. [Gr. deinos, terrible; ergates, worker; gyne, woman] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A mosaic form in ants, combining the characteristics of a dinergate and a ergatogyne …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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