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Preferred term

ants

Definition

[Henderson's] n.plu. social insects of the superfamily Formicoidea of the order Hymenoptera, which live in colonies composed of a queen, with male, worker and, in some cases, soldier castes.

Broader concept

animals

Note

[source of definition ] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant

Scope note

US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20598

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Created 3/31/16, last modified 1/13/23

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