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ergate (UR-gait) - n., a worker ant.
As opposed to a queen, drone, or, if the species has them soldier ant (which are called dinergate). The word is pretty specialized to entomology -- or even specifically to myrmecology. Coined around 1905 from Greek ergátēs worker/doer.
---L.
As opposed to a queen, drone, or, if the species has them soldier ant (which are called dinergate). The word is pretty specialized to entomology -- or even specifically to myrmecology. Coined around 1905 from Greek ergátēs worker/doer.
---L.
