PHARAOH'S ANT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small red ant of warm regions; a common household pest

Synonyms:

Monomorium pharaonis; pharaoh's ant; pharaoh ant

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pharaoh's 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 ("pharaoh's ant" is a member of...):

genus Monomorium; Monomorium (a genus of Formicidae)

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