Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leaf-cutter ant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: leaf--cut-ter ant
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

leaf-cutter ants (plural) leafcutter ant (alternative)

Phrases

Texas leafcutter ant leaf-cutter bee

Frequently Paired Words

leaf-cutter bee Atta Acromyrmex

Synonyms

leaf-cutting ant

Questions

What does leaf-cutter ant mean?: 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.

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