foraging ant — noun : an ant (as the driver and army ant) that goes out in search of food in companies * * * any of several ants, as army ants, that forage as part of a large group … Useful english dictionary
foraging ant — any of several ants, as army ants, that forage as part of a large group. * * * … Universalium
Ant colony optimization algorithms — Ant behavior was the inspiration for the metaheuristic optimization technique. In computer science and operations research, the ant colony optimization algorithm (ACO) is a probabilistic technique for solving computational problems which can be… … Wikipedia
Foraging — Forage For age, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Foraged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foraging}.] To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Foraging cap — Forage For age, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Foraged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foraging}.] To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Foraging party — Forage For age, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Foraged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foraging}.] To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ant — n pismire, hymenopteron, hymenopter, Chiefly Dial. emmet, Latin, formica, Fr. fourmit Span, hor miga; red ant, agricultural ant, harvester ant, leaf cutting ant; foraging ant, army ant, driver ant, legionary ant; carpenter ant, white ant, termite … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Ant-follower — Ant followers are birds that feed by following swarms of army ants and take prey flushed by those ants.Willis, E. Y. Oniki (1978) [http://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t ct=res cd=2 url=http%3A%2F%2Flinks.jstor.org%2Fsici%3Fsici%3D0066… … Wikipedia
Ant — Ant, n. [OE. ante, amete, emete, AS. [ae]mete akin to G. ameise. Cf. {Emmet}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A hymenopterous insect of the Linn[ae]an genus {Formica}, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire. [1913 Webster] Note: Among ants … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ant bird — Ant Ant, n. [OE. ante, amete, emete, AS. [ae]mete akin to G. ameise. Cf. {Emmet}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A hymenopterous insect of the Linn[ae]an genus {Formica}, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire. [1913 Webster] Note: Among… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
