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PHARAOH ANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pharaoh ant mean?
• PHARAOH ANT (noun)
The noun PHARAOH ANT has 1 sense:
1. small red ant of warm regions; a common household pest
Familiarity information: PHARAOH ANT 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 ("pharaoh 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 ("pharaoh ant" is a member of...):
genus Monomorium; Monomorium (a genus of Formicidae)
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