NOUN
- an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants
How To Use slave-maker In A Sentence
- Various types such as guest ants, temporary parasites (some Lasius, Formica, Bothriomyrmex species), inquilines or permanent social parasites (Anergates, Aporomyrmex, Doronomyrmex, Strongylognathus, etc.), and slave-makers or dulotic species (Chalepoxenus, Epimyrma, Harpagoxenus, Protomognathus, Strongylognathus, Polyergus, etc.) are known.
- The slave-maker, or dulotic, ant species are typically specialized for raiding nests of host species for their brood.
