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carpenter ants

carpenter ants is the plural of carpenter ant.

Meaning of carpenter ant

Noun

carpenter ant (plural carpenter ants)

  1. Any of several large ants, of the genus Camponotus, found in North America and northern China, that build nests in dead wood.

Questions about carpenter ants

What is carpenter ants the plural of?
Carpenter ants is the plural of carpenter ant.

Words near carpenter ants in the dictionary

  1. Carpentaria
  2. Carpentarian
  3. carpented
  4. carpenter
  5. carpenter ant
  6. carpenter ants
  7. carpenter bee
  8. carpenter bees
  9. Carpenter Gothic
  10. carpenter pencil
  11. carpenter pencils

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