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CAMPONOTUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Carpenter ants

Synonyms:

Camponotus; genus Camponotus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Camponotus" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Camponotus"):

carpenter ant (ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggs)

Holonyms ("Camponotus" is a member of...):

family Formicidae; Formicidae (ants)

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