English noun: ant |
1. | ant (animal) social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers |
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| Synonyms | emmet, pismire |
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| Broader (hypernym) | hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | army ant, bulldog ant, carpenter ant, driver ant, fire ant, Formica rufa, legionary ant, little black ant, Monomorium minimum, Monomorium pharaonis, pharaoh ant, pharaoh's ant, slave ant, slave-maker, slave-making ant, wood ant |
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| Member meronym | family Formicidae, Formicidae |
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