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 | ant, pismire |
Type of | hymenopterous insect, hymenopteron, hymenopter, hymenopteran |
Has types | fire ant, formica rufa, wood ant, bulldog ant, carpenter ant, driver ant, slave ant, army ant, legionary ant, little black ant, monomorium minimum, monomorium pharaonis, pharaoh's ant, pharaoh ant, slave-maker, slave-making ant |
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