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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Noun.

, from

Verb.

Harvesting ant

(Zool.)

any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known.

☞ The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are

Aphenogaster structor

and

Aphenogaster barbara

; that of Texas, called

agricultural ant

, is

Pogonomyrmex barbatus

Myrmica molifaciens

; that of Florida is

Pogonomyrmex crudelis

. See

Agricultural ant

, under

ppr.

Reaping and collecting, as ripe corn and other fruits.