green tree ant

noun

A species of arboreal tropical weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina, distributed from the Subcontinent through Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and northern Australia.

Meanings

noungreen tree ant (plural green tree ants)

plural green tree ants · alternative green-tree ant

  1. A species of arboreal tropical weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina, distributed from the Subcontinent through Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and northern Australia.

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