"leaf-cutter ant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: leaf-cutter ants [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} leaf-cutter ant (plural leaf-cutter ants)
  1. Any of the 41 species of ants in the genera Atta and Acromyrmex, that cut fragments from leaves and takes them to its colony's nest. Categories (lifeform): Myrmicine ants Synonyms: leaf-cutting ant, leafcutter ant Derived forms: Texas leafcutter ant Related terms: leaf-cutter bee, Atta, Acromyrmex Translations (type of ant): 切葉蟻 (Chinese Mandarin), 切叶蚁 (qiēyèyǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), lehelõikaja-sipelgas (Estonian), lehdenleikkaajamuurahainen (Finnish), fourmi coupe-feuille [feminine] (French), Blattschneiderameise [feminine] (German), 葉切蟻 (hakiriari) (alt: はきりあり) (Japanese), 가위개미 (gawigaemi) (Korean), formiga cortadeira [feminine] (Portuguese), мураве́й-листоре́з (muravéj-listoréz) [masculine] (Russian), hormiga arriera [feminine] (Spanish), hormiga cortadora [feminine] (Spanish), bachaco (english: Colombian Llanos) [Venezuela, masculine] (Spanish), bibijagua [Cuba, feminine] (Spanish), chancharra [Central, Mexico, masculine] (Spanish), chicatana [Mexico, masculine] (Spanish), coqui [Peru, masculine] (Spanish), hormiga culona [Central, Colombia, Eastern, feminine] (Spanish), mochomo [Mexico, Northwestern, masculine] (Spanish), nucú [Mexico, Southern, masculine] (Spanish), tujo [Bolivia, masculine] (Spanish), zompopa [Costa-Rica, feminine] (Spanish), zompopo [El-Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Southern, feminine] (Spanish), bladskärarmyra [common-gender] (Swedish), antik (Tagalog)

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