wood ant

wood ant

n (Animals) a reddish-brown European ant, Formica rufa, typically living in anthills in woodlands

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Noun

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wood ant - reddish-brown European ant typically living in anthills in woodlandsFormica rufaant, emmet, pismire - social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workersgenus Formica, Formica - type genus of the Formicidae