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Named after its habit of stripping the meat off dead vertebrates.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
meat ant
Today it means: Iridomyrmex purpureus, a carnivorous ant endemic to Australia. Full definition →
Today it means: Iridomyrmex purpureus, a carnivorous ant endemic to Australia. Full definition →
Named after its habit of stripping the meat off dead vertebrates.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.