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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Ant-cattle

· Ant·-cat·tle · IPA
01 n. pl. Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they secrete; plural of ant cow. See Aphips.
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    Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they secrete; plural of ant cow. See Aphips.(Zool.) See: ant cow, Aphips