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FAMILY FORMICIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Formicidae mean?
• FAMILY FORMICIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY FORMICIDAE has 1 sense:
1. ants
Familiarity information: FAMILY FORMICIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Formicidae; Formicidae
Hypernyms ("family Formicidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Formicidae"):
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)
genus Monomorium; Monomorium (a genus of Formicidae)
Dorylinae; subfamily Dorylinae (army ants)
Camponotus; genus Camponotus (carpenter ants)
genus Solenopsis; Solenopsis (fire ants)
Formica; genus Formica (type genus of the Formicidae)
genus Myrmecia; Myrmecia (bulldog ants)
genus Polyergus; Polyergus (Amazon ants)
Holonyms ("family Formicidae" is a member of...):
Hymenoptera; order Hymenoptera (an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.)
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