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CARPENTER ANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggs
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("carpenter ant" is a kind of...):
ant; emmet; pismire (social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers)
Holonyms ("carpenter ant" is a member of...):
Camponotus; genus Camponotus (carpenter ants)
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