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pharaoh ants

pharaoh ants is the plural of pharaoh ant.

Meaning of pharaoh ant

Noun

pharaoh ant (plural pharaoh ants)

  1. A small yellow-brown ant, Monomorium pharaonis, introduced to virtually every area of the world, considered to be a major indoor pest.
    • It probably received the scientific name of "Pharaoh's ant" on account of a defective knowledge of Scripture on the part of its describer, who doubtless imagined that ants formed one of the plagues of Egypt in the time of Pharaoh, whereas the only entomological plagues mentioned were lice, flies...1889 May 25, “The Little Red Ant”, in Good Housekeeping, volume 9, number 2, page 26

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What is pharaoh ants the plural of?
Pharaoh ants is the plural of pharaoh ant.

Words near pharaoh ants in the dictionary

  1. Pharae
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  3. pharao
  4. pharaoh
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  6. pharaoh ants
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  8. pharaoh's chicken
  9. pharaoh's chickens
  10. Pharaoh's pence
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