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Definition of Sauba ant

Sauba ant
Sauba ant Sau"ba ant` (Zo["o]l.) A South American ant ([OE]codoma cephalotes) remarkable for having two large kinds of workers besides the ordinary ones, and for the immense size of its formicaries. The sauba ant cuts off leaves of plants and carries them into its subterranean nests, and thus often does great damage by defoliating trees and cultivated plants.

Meaning of Sauba ant from wikipedia

- Leafcutter ants are fungus-growing ants that share the behaviour of cutting leaves which they carry back to their nests to farm fungus. Next to humans...