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army ant in American English
any of a number of carnivorous ants that travel in long lines and prey on insects and animals in their path; esp., any of a genus (Eciton) of such ants of the American tropics and S U.S.
noun: any of the chiefly tropical ants of the suborder Dorylinae that travel in vast swarms, preying mainly on other insects

army ant in British English
noun: any of various mainly tropical American predatory ants of the subfamily Dorylinae, which live in temporary nests and travel in vast hordes preying on other animals

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