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Formicidae

noun

ants

• Syn: ↑family Formicidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hymenoptera, ↑order Hymenoptera

• Member Meronyms:

↑ant, ↑emmet, ↑pismire, ↑Monomorium, ↑genus Monomorium, ↑Dorylinae, ↑subfamily Dorylinae, ↑Camponotus, ↑genus Camponotus, ↑Solenopsis, ↑genus Solenopsis, ↑Formica, ↑genus Formica, ↑Myrmecia, ↑genus Myrmecia, ↑Polyergus, ↑genus Polyergus

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\\fȯrˈmisəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Formica, type genus + -idae

: a family of hymenopterous insects including all the ants

Useful english dictionary. 2012.