FORMICA SANGUINEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Formica sanguinea mean? 

• FORMICA SANGUINEA (noun)
  The noun FORMICA SANGUINEA has 1 sense:

1. slave-making ant widely distributed over the northern hemisphere

  Familiarity information: FORMICA SANGUINEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORMICA SANGUINEA (noun)

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Meaning:

Slave-making ant widely distributed over the northern hemisphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Formica sanguinea; sanguinary ant

Hypernyms ("Formica sanguinea" is a kind of...):

slave-maker; slave-making ant (an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants)

Holonyms ("Formica sanguinea" is a member of...):

Formica; genus Formica (type genus of the Formicidae)