fungus-growing ant
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fun·gus-grow·ing ant
(fŭng′gəs-grō′ĭng)n.
Any of numerous ants of the tribe Attini of South America, Central America, and the southern United States that cultivate basidiomycetous fungi for food, and including the leaf-cutter ants. Also called attine ant.
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