lemon ant

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Etymology[edit]

From the lemony taste of acids produced as part of their glandular chemical defence system.

Noun[edit]

lemon ant (plural lemon ants)

  1. Any ant of species Myrmelachista schumanni, that creates devil's gardens.

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