myrmica molifaciens

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myrmica molifaciens - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Harvesting \Har"vest*ing\,
     a. & n., from Harvest, v. t.
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     Harvesting ant (Zool.), any species of ant which gathers
        and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known.
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     Note: The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are
           Aphenogaster structor and Aphenogaster barbara;
           that of Texas, called agricultural ant, is
           Pogonomyrmex barbatus or Myrmica molifaciens; that
           of Florida is Pogonomyrmex crudelis. See
           Agricultural ant, under Agricultural.
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