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callow worker (s) (noun), callow workers (pl)
A newly eclosed adult worker ant: The exoskeleton of a callow worker is still relatively soft and lightly pigmented.

"Eclose" refers to the emergence of an adult insect from a pupal case or an insect larva from an egg.

This entry is located in the following unit: Ant and Related Entomology Terms (page 4)