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pavement ant

pavement ant noun: any ant of genus Tetramorium, principally of the Old World.

Noun

pavement ant (plural pavement ants)

  1. Any ant of genus Tetramorium, principally of the Old World.
  2. especially, a red pavement ant (Tetramorium caespitum), of western Eurasia.
  3. A yellow meadow ant (Lasius flavus), of western Eurasia.

Forms of pavement ant

pluralpavement ants

Words formed from pavement ant

  • immigrant pavement ant
  • Japanese pavement ant

Questions about pavement ant

What does pavement ant mean?
Pavement ant means any ant of genus Tetramorium, principally of the Old World.
What part of speech is pavement ant?
Pavement ant is a noun.
What is the plural of pavement ant?
The plural of pavement ant is pavement ants.

Words near pavement ant in the dictionary

  1. Pavel
  2. Paveley
  3. Pavelko
  4. Pavelkos
  5. pavement
  6. pavement ant
  7. pavement ants
  8. pavement ape
  9. pavement apes
  10. pavement artist
  11. pavement artists

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