Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
turtle ant en · NOUN
Meanings
-
Any of the tree-dwelling ants of the tribe Cephalotini (genera Cephalotes and Procryptocerus).
That's very much the case for the arboreal turtle ants in the tropical forests of Mexico, another species Gordon visits during her summers off from teaching.
2017, Amina Khan, Adapt: How Humans Are Tapping into Nature's Secrets to Design and Build a Better Future, St. Martin's Press, page 213:The species he concentrated on was Cephalotes atratus, a slate-black “turtle ant” with a flattened body. High-speed videos proved that when dislodged from a tree, a turtle ant stretches out her body and limbs and aligns herself with respect to the ground so that she doesn't turn head over heels.
2010, Mark W. Moffett, Adventures among Ants: A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions, University of California Press, page 137:The crab spider of South America feeds mostly on turtle ants.
2016, Mark E. Lasbury, The Realization of Star Trek Technologies, Springer, page 38:
Forms