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n. (animal) | 1. ant, emmet, pismire | social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers. |
| ~ hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect | insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing. |
| ~ family formicidae, formicidae | ants. |
| ~ monomorium pharaonis, pharaoh's ant, pharaoh ant | small red ant of warm regions; a common household pest. |
| ~ little black ant, monomorium minimum | tiny glossy black ant; nests outdoors but invades houses for food. |
| ~ army ant, driver ant, legionary ant | tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects. |
| ~ carpenter ant | ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggs. |
| ~ fire ant | omnivorous ant of tropical and subtropical America that can inflict a painful sting. |
| ~ formica rufa, wood ant | reddish-brown European ant typically living in anthills in woodlands. |
| ~ slave ant | any of various ants captured as larvae and enslaved by another species. |
| ~ slave-maker, slave-making ant | an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants. |
| ~ bulldog ant | any of the large fierce Australian ants of the genus Myrmecia. |
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