formicaryn.
/ˈfɔːmɪkəri/ An ants' nest, ant-hill.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > that form ant-hills > ant-hill
anthilleOE
ant bedeOE
pismire hill1440
maur-hill?c1475
maur house?c1475
ant heap1591
molehill1610
ant-hillock1656
bank1667
sprout hill1766
formicary1816
ant mound1830
formicarium1834
1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) II. 47 They are conducted into the interior of the Formicary.
1880 Lubbock in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. XV. No. 83. 176 The queen was alone within an artificial glass formicary.
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