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red ant

red ant noun: an ant of the genus Myrmica, especially the European red ant or common red ant (Myrmica rubra).

Noun

red ant (plural red ants)

  1. An ant of the genus Myrmica, especially the European red ant or common red ant (Myrmica rubra).
  2. (US) The pharaoh ant (Monomorium pharaonis).
  3. (Australia) The meat ant (Iridomyrmex purpureus), endemic to Australia.
    • Breakfast was the white heart of a sand palm – succulent and bitter-sweet – and for ‘jam’ we ate bush apples and red ants with green bottoms that were so full of vitamin C they tasted like stings.2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, page 51
  4. The red harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex barbatus), native to southwestern US.
  5. The red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), native to South America, but broadly invasive.
  6. The European red wood ant (Formica polyctena or Formica pratensis).
  7. The red bull ant (Myrmecia gulosa).

red ant meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Tagalog

red ant in Tamil

சிவப்பு எறும்பு, முசுடு

red ant in Telugu

a red ant
ఎర్రచీమ erracīma

red ant in Kannada

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

red ant in Tagalog

Myrmica rubra
kuwitib

Forms of red ant

pluralred ants

Questions about red ant

What does red ant mean?
Red ant means an ant of the genus Myrmica, especially the European red ant or common red ant (Myrmica rubra).
What is red ant in Tamil?
Red ant in Tamil is சிவப்பு எறும்பு, முசுடு. See Red ant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is red ant?
Red ant is a noun.
What is the plural of red ant?
The plural of red ant is red ants.

Words near red ant in the dictionary

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  3. red alga
  4. red algae
  5. red and silver dewdrop
  6. red ant
  7. red antimony
  8. red ants
  9. red ape
  10. red apes
  11. red apple

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Adapted from Wiktionary: red ant (page history and authors); red ant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఎర్రచీమ (Telugu) (page history and authors); red 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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