Atta

See also: atta, attá, átta, attā, åtta, and attą̊

Translingual

Etymology

Latin Atta (“a surname for persons who walk upon the tips of their shoes”), probably from Ancient Greek ᾁττω (hāittō), ᾁσσω (hāissō, “to spring”)

Proper noun

Atta f

A taxonomic genus within the family Formicidae – the leaf-cutter ants.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Hymenoptera - order; Apocrita - suborder; Formicoidea - superfamily; Formicidae - family; Myrmicinae - subfamily; Attini - tribe

Hyponyms

See Atta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia for species

References

Atta (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Atta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Atta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Atta on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Atta at the Tree of Life Web Project
Atta at the Catalogue of Life

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