A Chimera ant is a type of beast in the HxH universe with the unique ability for its Queen to pass on the genes of whatever organism it eats down to its young. A queen lives their life consuming more nutritious material. They birth a hierarchy as their increasingly more vital soldiers, who find more nutritious and genetically powerful prey. They will do this until they lay the members of the royal guard, who protect the Queen as she births a King. Being the most powerful of the bunch, the king will assume control of the royal guard and a portion of the lesser ants before leaving the Queen behind to find their own territory. At the same time, the Queen starts the process over until death. This becomes more problematic once the Queen tastes her first human.