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lemon ant

lemon ant noun: any ant of species Myrmelachista schumanni, that creates devil's gardens.

Noun

lemon ant (plural lemon ants)

  1. Any ant of species Myrmelachista schumanni, that creates devil's gardens.

Forms of lemon ant

plurallemon ants

Origin of lemon ant

From the lemony taste of acids produced as part of their glandular chemical defence system.

Questions about lemon ant

What does lemon ant mean?
Lemon ant means any ant of species Myrmelachista schumanni, that creates devil's gardens.
What part of speech is lemon ant?
Lemon ant is a noun.
What is the plural of lemon ant?
The plural of lemon ant is lemon ants.

Words near lemon ant in the dictionary

  1. Lemoine point
  2. Lemoine points
  3. Lemola
  4. lemology
  5. lemon
  6. lemon ant
  7. lemon ants
  8. lemon aspen
  9. lemon balm
  10. lemon balms
  11. lemon bar

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