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GENUS FORMICA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Formica mean?
• GENUS FORMICA (noun)
The noun GENUS FORMICA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Formicidae
Familiarity information: GENUS FORMICA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Formicidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Formica; genus Formica
Hypernyms ("genus Formica" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Formica"):
Formica rufa; wood ant (reddish-brown European ant typically living in anthills in woodlands)
Formica fusca (an ant frequently enslaved)
Formica sanguinea; sanguinary ant (slave-making ant widely distributed over the northern hemisphere)
Holonyms ("genus Formica" is a member of...):
family Formicidae; Formicidae (ants)
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