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fire ant
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fire ant
n.
Any of several ants of the genus Solenopsis, especially S. geminata or S. saevissima of the southern United States and tropical America, that build large mounds and can inflict a painful sting.
fire ant
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any mound-building predatory ant of the genus Solenopsis, of tropical and subtropical America, that can inflict a painful sting
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Noun1.fire ant - omnivorous ant of tropical and subtropical America that can inflict a painful stingfire ant - omnivorous ant of tropical and subtropical America that can inflict a painful sting
ant, emmet, pismire - social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
genus Solenopsis, Solenopsis - fire ants
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Fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) along an important sea turtle ... by Wetterer, James K.; Lombard, Claudia D. / Florida Entomologist
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