"fungus-growing ant" meaning in English

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          "text": "Fungus-growing ants (Attini) are in reality unique fungus-culturing insects.",
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          "ref": "(Can we date this quote?), “Fungus growing ants”, in AntWiki",
          "text": "The fungus-growing ants are a New World group of > 200 species, all obligate symbionts with a fungus they use for food.",
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        "Any ant of the tribe Attini, which grow fungi in their ant colonies using food scraps, the fungi are then used to feed the colony."
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        "(entomology) Any ant of the tribe Attini, which grow fungi in their ant colonies using food scraps, the fungi are then used to feed the colony."
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