"skull-collecting ant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: skull-collecting ants [plural]
Etymology: skull + collecting + ant. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|skull|collecting|ant}} skull + collecting + ant Head templates: {{en-noun}} skull-collecting ant (plural skull-collecting ants)
  1. (informal, entomology) Formica archboldi, a kind of ant that hunts trap jaw ants and takes their decapitated heads back to its nest. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Entomology Categories (lifeform): Ants
    Sense id: en-skull-collecting_ant-en-noun-arSrCYbH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences

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