odontomach

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noun

Any ant of the genus Odontomachus.

"Their anthills and their environs were littered with the severed heads of giant odontomachs, which even spiders fear and respect."
"In most ants, their jaws are thin sticks with which insects pick up food. But in others, odontomachs, widely distributed in hot regions of ..."

Clipping of taxonomic name Odontomachus.

odontomachs (plural)

trap-jaw ant

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