formicanadj.
/fɔːˈmʌɪkən/ rare.
Of or pertaining to ants.
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1880 Daily Tel. 16 Nov. If the Queen-ant is removed from a nest, the formican politicians settle down soon into a steady-going Republic.
1884 G. Allen in Longman's Mag. Nov. 42 These singular results of formican selection.
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adj.1880- to climb on, hang on to, ride on, etc, a person's coat-tails
- to climb on, hang on to, ride on, etc, a person's coattails
- to climb on, hang on to, ride on, etc, coat-tails
- to climb on, hang on to, ride on, etc, coattails
- to climb on, hang to, ride , etc, a person's coat-tails
- to climb on, hang to, ride , etc, a person's coattails
- to climb on, hang to, ride , etc, coat-tails
- to climb on, hang to, ride , etc, coattails
- to climb on, hang to, ride on, etc, a person's coat-tails
- to climb on, hang to, ride on, etc, a person's coattails
- to climb on, hang to, ride on, etc, coat-tails
- to climb on, hang to, ride on, etc, coattails
- to climb the rigging
- to climb up the wall
- to climb, hop, jump, etc, on the bandwagon
- to clinch a nail
- to cling on by one's fingernails
- to cling on by one's fingertips
- to cling on to something by one's fingernails
- to cling on to something by one's fingertips
- to clink it
- to clip it
- to clip the wings of
- to clock in
- to clock off