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 social insect living in organized colonies;
 characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season;
 wingless sterile females are the workers (Freq. 6)
 • Syn:
 emmet, pismire
 • Hypernyms:
 hymenopterous insect, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopter
 • Hyponyms:
 pharaoh ant, pharaoh's ant, Monomorium pharaonis, little black ant, Monomorium minimum,
 army ant, driver ant, legionary ant, carpenter ant, fire ant, wood ant,
 Formica rufa, slave ant, slave-making ant, slave-maker, bulldog ant
 • Member Holonyms:
 Formicidae, family Formicidae
 
 
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