FORMICIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Formicidae mean? 

• FORMICIDAE (noun)
  The noun FORMICIDAE has 1 sense:

1. ants

  Familiarity information: FORMICIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORMICIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Formicidae; Formicidae

Hypernyms ("Formicidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Formicidae" is a member of...):

Hymenoptera; order Hymenoptera (an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.)