LITTLE BLACK ANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does little black ant mean? 

• LITTLE BLACK ANT (noun)
  The noun LITTLE BLACK ANT has 1 sense:

1. tiny glossy black ant; nests outdoors but invades houses for food

  Familiarity information: LITTLE BLACK ANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LITTLE BLACK ANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tiny glossy black ant; nests outdoors but invades houses for food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

little black ant; Monomorium minimum

Hypernyms ("little black 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 ("little black ant" is a member of...):

genus Monomorium; Monomorium (a genus of Formicidae)