Ant-cattle

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ant-cattle \Ant"-cat`tle\, n. pl. (Zool.)
     Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the
     sake of the honeydew which they secrete; plural of {ant cow}.
     See {Aphips}.
     [1913 Webster]