CARPENTER ANT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggs

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("carpenter ant" is a kind of...):

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)

Holonyms ("carpenter ant" is a member of...):

Camponotus; genus Camponotus (carpenter ants)

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