nanitic worker

nanitic worker
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In Formicidae, dwarf workers produced in first broods or later starved broods.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • nanitic — nāˈnid.ik, naˈ adjective Etymology: nan + itic : exhibiting or affected with nanism : atypically small nanitic worker ants …   Useful english dictionary

  • Nanitic — workers, in ants (Hymenoptera) or termites (Isoptera), dwarf workers produced from either the first brood or later broods that have been subjected to starvation (Gay, in CSIRO; Wilson) …   Wikipedia

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