[longkhaēk] (v) EN: ask the help of friends and neighbors for special work ; gather members of a rural community to help a neighbours do something ; ask friend to come and assist ; gather (one's neighbors) to help at harvest time ; joint harvesting
Harvesting ant (Zool.), any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are Aphenogaster structor and Aphenogaster barbara; that of Texas, called agricultural ant, is Pogonomyrmex barbatus or Myrmica molifaciens; that of Florida is Pogonomyrmex crudelis. See Agricultural ant, under Agricultural. [ 1913 Webster ]