Crossword-Solution: ECITON
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ECITON | anagram | CIENTO, ETONIC, ITONCE, NICETO, NOETIC, NOTICE, OCTINE |
We have 3 clues for the answer “ECITON”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Legionary ant genus. | 1 answer |
| ant EMMET PISMIRE genus | 3 answers |
| genus ant EMMET PISMIRE | 3 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an
animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal
fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral.
Hint 2 anagram
ARODLS
Hint 3 another clue
BACK ___!
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Sentences with ECITON (5)
The account of the foraging ants of the genus _Eciton_ is certainly marvellous, and would, even of itself, be sufficient to stamp the recorder of their habits as a man of no ordinary mark.
The peculiar feature in the habits of the Eciton genus is their hunting for prey in regular bodies, or armies.
The errand of the vast ant-armies is plunder, as in the case of Eciton legionis; but from their moving always amongst dense thickets, their proceedings are not so easy to observe as in that species.
Foraging ants (Eciton erratica) constructing a covered road—Soldiers sallying out on being disturbed.
Next in order comes the Eciton vastator, which has no eyes, although the collapsed sockets are plainly visible; and, lastly, the Eciton erratica, in which both sockets and eyes have disappeared, leaving only a faint ring to mark the place where they are usually situated.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1945–1953).