slave ant

1. 1.

   any of various ants captured as larvae and enslaved by another species

   Broaderant

   NarrowerFormica fusca

Questions about slave ant

What does slave ant mean?

slave ant means "any of various ants captured as larvae and enslaved by another species".

Is slave ant a common word?

slave ant is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.