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fire ant

fire ant noun: solenopsis spp. (tropical fire ants).

Noun

fire ant (plural fire ants)

  1. Solenopsis spp. (tropical fire ants)
  2. Oecophylla spp. (weaver ants), of Southeast Asia
  3. Solenopsis invicta (red imported fire ant)
  4. Wasmannia auropunctata (electric ant, little fire ant).

fire ant meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Arabic

fire ant in Tamil

செவ்வெறும்பு

fire ant in Kannada

ಕೆಂಜಿಗೆ, ಕೆಂಜಗ, ಕೆಂಜಿಗ, ಕೆಂಜುಗೆ, ಕೆಂಪುಗೊದ್ದ, ಕೆಂಪ ಇರಬಿ

fire ant in Arabic

ant of Solenopsis
نَمْل نَارِيّ naml nāriyy

Forms of fire ant

pluralfire ants

Words formed from fire ant

  • European fire ant

Questions about fire ant

What does fire ant mean?
Fire ant means solenopsis spp. (tropical fire ants).
What is fire ant in Tamil?
Fire ant in Tamil is செவ்வெறும்பு. See Fire ant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fire ant?
Fire ant is a noun.
What is the plural of fire ant?
The plural of fire ant is fire ants.

Words near fire ant in the dictionary

  1. fire alarm pull station
  2. fire alarm system
  3. fire alarms
  4. fire and brimstone
  5. fire and forget
  6. fire ant
  7. fire ants
  8. fire appliance
  9. fire appliances
  10. fire arm
  11. fire arms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fire ant (page history and authors); fire ant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fire ant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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