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trap-jaw ant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables
trap--jaw ant
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of carnivorous ants, of the genus Odontomachus, that have mandibles that can snap shut on prey

Informal

Etymology

From trap + jaw + ant, because the mandibles (jaws) snap shut forcefully like a trap.

Usage

Inflected Forms

trap-jaw ants (plural) trapjaw ant (alternative) trap jaw ant (alternative)

Synonyms

odontomach

Questions

What does trap-jaw ant mean?
Any of a group of carnivorous ants, of the genus Odontomachus, that have mandibles that can snap shut on prey
Where does trap-jaw ant come from?
From trap + jaw + ant, because the mandibles (jaws) snap shut forcefully like a trap.

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