| 单词 | pharaoh's ant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPharaoh's ant Pharaoh's ant n. (also Pharaoh ant) a small, yellowish-red ant, Monomorium pharaonis, native to Africa, which has become a pest in other parts of the world, esp. in heated buildings. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > monomorium pharaonis (Pharaoh's ant) red anteOE Pharaoh's ant1890 1890 Cent. Dict. at Pharaoh Pharaoh's ant. 1910 W. M. Wheeler Ants i. 10 Some of them [sc. tropical ants], like Pharaoh's ant.., have been carried by commerce to all the inhabited regions of the globe. 1939 C. L. Metcalf & W. P. Flint Destructive & Useful Insects (ed. 2) xxi. 770 Pharaoh's ant, Monomorium pharaonis... This tiny, slender, yellowish-red ant..generally nests in inaccessible places about the foundations and in the walls of buildings, from which it forages indoors the year round in search of food. 2001 Independent on Sunday 8 July (Review Suppl.) 45/1 Nor does he flinch from telling the truth about problems with vermin—the West End's less-salubrious nightlife includes mice, cockroaches and invasive Pharaoh ants. < as lemmas |
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