worker ant
Hive's tireless servant
A worker ant is a sterile female ant that performs the colony's labor—foraging, nursing larvae, defending the nest, and maintaining tunnels.
Workers make up the vast majority of any ant colony.
The term extends figuratively to any industrious, uncomplaining laborer: He's just a worker ant in the corporate hive.
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- foragerOne seeking wild food
- food sourceOrigin of nourishment
- mandiblesPaired arthropod mouthparts
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
underground tunnels · swarm · nest · larvae · pheromone · crawling · soil · carrying · heavy lifting · tireless · industrious · exoskeleton · soldier · scurrying · crumb · leaf-cutter · picnic · mound
worker antqueen ant
Colony's reproductive female
queen · drone · reproductive · queen bee · breeder
worker antlone wolf
Self-reliant individualist
free agent · individualist · maverick · free spirit · nonconformist
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