PHARAOH'S ANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pharaoh's ant mean? 

• PHARAOH'S ANT (noun)
  The noun PHARAOH'S ANT has 1 sense:

1. small red ant of warm regions; a common household pest

  Familiarity information: PHARAOH'S ANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHARAOH'S ANT (noun)

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's 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's ant" is a member of...):

genus Monomorium; Monomorium (a genus of Formicidae)