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worker a sterile female member of a colony of bees, ants, or wasps that forages for food, cares for the larvae, etc. worker [′wər·kər] (invertebrate zoology) One of the neuter, usually sterile individuals making up a caste of social insects, such as ants, termites, or bees, which labor for the colony. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| When they got between the worker and his product, they took a whack out of it for themselves The size of the whack was determined by no rule of equity; but by their own strength and swinishness. There is a point of perfection in a ship as a worker when she is spoken of as being able to SAIL without ballast. The worker feeds himself, and a man who feeds himself thinks. |
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