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wood ant

wood ant noun: any of the mound-building ants of the Formica rufa subgeneric group.

Noun

wood ant (plural wood ants)

  1. Any of the mound-building ants of the Formica rufa subgeneric group.
  2. (dated) A termite.

Forms of wood ant

pluralwood ants

Questions about wood ant

What does wood ant mean?
Wood ant means any of the mound-building ants of the Formica rufa subgeneric group.
What part of speech is wood ant?
Wood ant is a noun.
What is the plural of wood ant?
The plural of wood ant is wood ants.

Words near wood ant in the dictionary

  1. wood and water joeys
  2. wood anemone
  3. wood anemones
  4. wood anniversaries
  5. wood anniversary
  6. wood ant
  7. wood ants
  8. wood apple
  9. wood apples
  10. wood avens
  11. wood bedstraw

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