| 单词 |
dulosis |
| 释义 |
dulosis Ent.|djuːˈləʊsɪs|
[mod.L., ad. Gr. δούλωσις, f. δουλοῦν to enslave, f. δοῦλος slave.]
The practice, exhibited by certain genera of ants, of enslaving other ants or colonies of ants. So duˈlotic a., slave-holding.
1904Biol. Bulletin VI. 257 Dahl is mistaken in supposing that L. bismarckensis is a dulotic ant, as a perusal of the above quoted passages from Wroughton's work will suffice to show. 1905W. M. Wheeler in Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. XXI. 2 This observation, taken in connection with the close taxonomic affinities of pergandei with sanguinea, forcibly suggests dulosis. 1925A. D. Imms Gen. Textbk. Entom. 571 From temporary social parasitism the next step is exhibited by dulosis or slavery. 1928W. M. Wheeler Social Insects 289 Yet another Myrmicine genus, Harpagoxenus..must be included among the dulotic, or slave-making ants. 1970Brown & Taylor in Insects of Australia (C.S.I.R.O.) xxxvii. 955/1 The special type of permanent parasitism known as dulosis, or slave-making, in which workers of the ‘slave’ component are constantly replenished by the addition of pupae acquired through mass raids on neighbouring pure nests of the host species, is so far not known to occur in Australia. |
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