Harvesting
Pronunciation : Har"vest*ing
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: , from Harvest, v. t. Harvesting ant (Zo?l.), any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known.
Note: The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are Aphenogaster structor and A. barbara; that of Texas, called agricultural ant, is Pogonomyrmex barbatus or Myrmica molifaciens; that of Florida is P. crudelis. See Agricultural ant, under Agricultural.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913