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inchman

inchman noun: any of several species of large, aggressive ants of the genus Myrmecia, mainly endemic to Australia.

inchman: any of several species of large, aggressive ants of the genus Myrmecia, mainly endemic to Australia
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Noun

inchman (plural inchmen)

  1. (Australia, Tasmania) Any of several species of large, aggressive ants of the genus Myrmecia, mainly endemic to Australia.
    • We sit under the eaves to eat, or on stumps in the grass (there are “inchmen” about, giant lumbering bull ants).1990, Beverley Farmer, A Body of Water: A Year's Notebook, page 46
    • They would walk many miles along Ocean Beach and they would eat the fleshy leaves of the plant they called pigface and she called dead men's fingers, would rub the bite of jack-jumpers and the inchmen with the pulpy flesh.1994, Richard Flanagan, Death of a River Guide, page 203
    Synonyms:
    bull ant, bulldog ant, inch ant, jack jumper, jumper ant, sergeant ant

Synonyms of inchman

Forms of inchman

pluralinchmen
alternative forminch-man

Origin of inchman

From inch (“unit of length”) + man (“soldier”).

Questions about inchman

What does inchman mean?
Inchman means any of several species of large, aggressive ants of the genus Myrmecia, mainly endemic to Australia.
What part of speech is inchman?
Inchman is a noun.
What is the plural of inchman?
The plural of inchman is inchmen.

Words near inchman in the dictionary

  1. inchingly
  2. inchings
  3. inchis
  4. Inchlonaig
  5. inchlong
  6. inchman
  7. inchmeal
  8. inchmen
  9. inchoactive
  10. inchoactives
  11. inchoacy

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