SLAVE-MAKING ANT

Meaning of SLAVE-MAKING ANT in English

/slayv"may'king/

an ant of a species that raids the colonies of other ant species, carrying off larvae and pupae to be reared as slaves.

[ 1810-20 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

SLAVE-MAKING ANT — noun Date: 1817 an ant that attacks the colonies of ants of other species and carries off the larvae and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SLAVE-MAKING ANT — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷- noun or slave maker : an ant (as the Amazon ant or the sanguinary ant) that attacks the colonies …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLAVE-MAKING ANT — noun Date: 1817 : an ant that attacks the colonies of ants of other species and carries off the larvae …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLAVE-MAKING ANT — Pronunciation: ' sl ā v- ˌ m ā -ki ŋ - Function: noun Date: 1817 : an ant that attacks …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SLAVE-MAKING ANT — [slave-mak.ing ant] n (1817): an ant that attacks the colonies of ants of other species and carries off the larvae …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SLAVE-MAKING ANT — муравей-рабовладелец, обыкн. "амазонка"
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SLAVE-MAKING ANT — = slave-maker
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SLAVE-MAKING ANT — = slave-maker
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SLAVE-MAKING ANT — = slave-maker
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SLAVE-MAKING ANT — см. Amazon ant
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SLAVE-MAKING ANT — см. Amazon ant
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SLAVE-MAKING ANT — муравей-рабовладелец, обыкн. "амазонка"
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ANT — Airport Name : St. Anton Airport Airport Location : St. Anton, Austria IATA Code : ANT ICAO Code : n.a.
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SLAVE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Fugitive Slave Acts Great Slave Lake Lesser Slave Lake slave code slave narrative Slave …
Английский словарь Британика
ANT — Any member of approximately 8,000 species of the social insect family Formicidae. Ants are found worldwide but are especially common …
Английский словарь Британика
SLAVE — I. ˈslāv noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English sclave, from Old French or Medieval Latin; Old French esclave slave, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAKING — I. ˈmākiŋ, -kēŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English macung, from macian to make + -ung …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANT — I. ˈant, ˈaa-, ˈai- rarely ˈȧ- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English ante, amete, emete, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-ANT — I. ənt, ə nt noun suffix ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from -ant, present participle suffix, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAKING — (n.) The act of one who makes; workmanship; fabrication; construction; as, this is cloth of your own making; the making …
Английский словарь Webster
MAKING — ( n. ) The act of one who makes; workmanship; fabrication; construction; as, this is cloth of your own making; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SLAVE — — slaveless , adj. — slavelike , adj. /slayv/ , n. , v. , slaved, slaving . n. 1. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAKING — /may"king/ , n. 1. the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
-ANT — a suffix forming adjectives and nouns from verbs, occurring originally in French and Latin loanwords ( pleasant; constant; servant ) …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ANT — — antlike , adj. /ant/ , n. 1. any of numerous black, red, brown, or yellow social insects of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SLAVE — v. work as a slave; work like a slave, drudge, toil, labour; enslave, traffic in slaves
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SLAVE — I. ˈslāv noun Etymology: Middle English sclave, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French esclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus, from Sclavus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ANT — I. ˈant noun Etymology: Middle English ante, emete, from Old English æmette; akin to Old High German āmeiza ant Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-ANT — I. noun suffix Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from -ant, present participle suffix, from Latin -ant-, -ans, present participle suffix …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAKING — Etymology: Middle English, from Old English macung, from macian to make Date: 12th century 1. : the act or process …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLAVE — noun an abject person; a wretch. 2. slave ·noun ·see slav. 3. slave ·vt to enslave. 4. slave ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
MAKING — noun composition, or structure. 2. making ·noun external appearance; from. 3. making ·noun a poem. 4. making ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. …
Webster English vocab
SLAVE — [slave] n [ME sclave, fr. OF or ML; OF esclave, fr. ML sclavus, fr. Sclavus Slav; fr. the frequent enslavement …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ANT — [ant] abbreviation antenna, antonym Ant abbreviation Antarctica, Antrim
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-ANT — [-ant] n suffix [ME, fr. OF, fr. -ant, prp. suffix, fr. L -ant-, -ans, prp. suffix of first conjugation, fr. …
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Britannica English vocabulary
SLAVE — also called Slavey, Awokanak, or Etchareottine, group of Athabascan-speaking Indians of Canada, originally inhabiting the western shores of the Great …
Britannica English vocabulary
SLAVE — slave BrE AmE sleɪv ▷ slaved sleɪvd ▷ slaves sleɪvz ▷ slaving ˈsleɪv ɪŋ ▶ ˈ slave ˌ driver BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MAKING — making BrE AmE ˈmeɪk ɪŋ ▷ making|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ANT — ant, Ant BrE AmE ænt ▷ ants æn t s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SLAVE — / sleɪv; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a person who is legally owned by another person and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAKING — / ˈmeɪkɪŋ; NAmE / noun [ U ] making (of sth) (often in compounds) the act or process of making …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ANT — / ænt; NAmE / noun a small insect that lives in highly organized groups. There are many types of ant …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLAVE — I. slave 1 /sleɪv/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: esclave , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MAKING — mak ‧ ing /ˈmeɪkɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ make , ↑ remake , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ANT — ant /ænt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: æmette ] 1 . a small insect that …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SLAVE — n. & v. --n. 1 a person who is the legal property of another or others and is bound to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MAKING — n. 1 in senses of MAKE v. 2 (in pl.) a earnings; profit. b (foll. by of) essential qualities or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ANT — n. any small insect of a widely distributed hymenopterous family, living in complex social colonies, wingless (except for males in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
-ANT — suffix 1 forming adjectives denoting attribution of an action (pendant; repentant) or state (arrogant; expectant). 2 forming nouns denoting an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SLAVE — n. & v. n. 1 a person who is the legal property of another or others and is bound to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MAKING — n. 1 in senses of MAKE v. 2 (in pl.) a earnings; profit. b (foll. by of) essential qualities or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ANT — n. any small insect of a widely distributed hymenopterous family, living in complex social colonies, wingless (except for males in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SLAVE — n. & v. --n. 1. a person who is the legal property of another or others and is bound to …
Oxford English vocab
ANT — n. any small insect of a widely distributed hymenopterous family, living in complex social colonies, wingless (except for males in …
Oxford English vocab
SLAVE — ( slaves, slaving, slaved) 1. A slave is someone who is the property of another person and has to work …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAKING — ( makings) 1. The making of something is the act or process of producing or creating it. ...Salamon’s book about …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLAVE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES slave driver slave labour ▪ Cotton was grown using slave labor. slave labour the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MAKING — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES making a nuisance of yourself (= annoying other people with your behaviour ) ▪ Stop …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ANT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an ants' nest ▪ a red ants' nest fire ant snake/ant etc bite COLLOCATIONS FROM …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MAKING — [noun] [U]The making of the cake will take a good hour.See also makings at make (BE OR BECOME).Making is often …
Cambridge English vocab
ANT — n. Any member of approximately 8,000 species of the social insect family Formicidae. Ants are found worldwide but are especially …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SLAVE — n. Fugitive Slave Acts Great Slave Lake Lesser Slave Lake slave code slave narrative Slave River slave trade
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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