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red ants

red ants is the plural of red ant.

Meaning of red ant

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).

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What is red ants the plural of?
Red ants is the plural of red ant.

Words near red ants in the dictionary

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

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