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MONOMORIUM PHARAONIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Monomorium pharaonis mean?
• MONOMORIUM PHARAONIS (noun)
The noun MONOMORIUM PHARAONIS has 1 sense:
1. small red ant of warm regions; a common household pest
Familiarity information: MONOMORIUM PHARAONIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small red ant of warm regions; a common household pest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Monomorium pharaonis; pharaoh's ant; pharaoh ant
Hypernyms ("Monomorium pharaonis" 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 ("Monomorium pharaonis" is a member of...):
genus Monomorium; Monomorium (a genus of Formicidae)
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