turtle ant

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of the tree-dwelling ants of the tribe Cephalotini (genera Cephalotes and Procryptocerus).
    — 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.

词形变化

turtle ants plural
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